ZetTrans joins EU regions
Shetland’s transport partnership ZetTrans could benefit financially by joining the Northern Periphery Programme, an EU-backed group of sparsely populated regions. The other four main partners…
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Swimmers excel in pool action
Shetland Swimming Association held the annual junior championships on Sunday, involving young swimmers all aged 10 or below. In the eight and under boys’ championship…
READ FULL STORYLivestock co-operative given lifeline after council U-turn
By JOHN ROBERTSON The troubled livestock marketing co-op has been thrown a financial lifeline after councillors performed a U-turn yesterday, risking a breach of EU…
READ FULL STORYFence post used to mutilate seal pups
A Whalsay fisherman who admitted clubbing 21 grey seal pups to death with a fencepost on a small remote island was told he may be…
READ FULL STORYSNH: Case could damage isles’ reputation
It is estimated that there are around 3,500 grey seals around Shetland and that the figure has remained largely static for over three decades, in…
READ FULL STORYSchoolboys praised after alerting police to cache of old grenades
By LOUISE THOMASON They were manufactured in 1943 and issued to the Home Guard to help protect Shetlanders in the event of an invasion by…
READ FULL STORY‘Celebrities’ don dancing shoes, but Strictly for CLAN appeal
By LOUISE THOMASON It’s strictly fun and strictly fundraising. The latest CLAN venture is based on the hit TV series Strictly Come Dancing and looks…
READ FULL STORYGB Oils’ profit used to be much bigger, Orkney fuel boss claims
By JOHN ROBERTSON One of the Orcadian fuel station owners who broke GB Oils’ monopoly on the islands’ supply believes the Irish-owned company has since…
READ FULL STORYBluemull stays free
Ferry fares at Bluemull Sound will not be reinstated, it was decided at a meeting of the Inter Islands Ferries Board this week. The decision…
READ FULL STORYCouncillors raise concerns with government
The Inter Island Ferries Board met this week with representatives of the Scottish government Ferries Division. The meeting was part of the government’s Ferries Review…
READ FULL STORYTrustee criticises Slap over £8 million hangar investment
By NEIL RIDDELL The new aircraft hangar at Scatsta Airport should be completed by the spring after delays in the project, which is being funded…
READ FULL STORYFatal accident inquiry delay over missing fan heater
An official inquiry into the death of a Brae joiner killed when an expanding can of foam exploded into his chest has been further delayed…
READ FULL STORYAgriculture needs more support, not less, to keep communities alive says McCrone
By RYAN TAYLOR Agriculture in rural areas should receive greater support to help address the growing global demand for food anticipated by the middle of…
READ FULL STORYBressay folk need to be informed about ferry future, says Miller
By JIM TAIT Bressay residents are said to be worried over the future of the isle’s ferry service and the dropping in priority of the…
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