Former fisherman jailed in France for smuggling cannabis
A former Shetland fisherman has been jailed in France for smuggling a large amount of cannabis through the country. Stephen Gray, 47, from Skeld, was…
READ FULL STORYA former Shetland fisherman has been jailed in France for smuggling a large amount of cannabis through the country. Stephen Gray, 47, from Skeld, was…
READ FULL STORYAn attempt is to be made to allay the concerns of parents and teachers in Yell who fear that the new £8.5 million school in…
READ FULL STORYThe Billy Middleton trial heard yesterday that his nine-month-old daughter Annalise showed “no signs of life” when firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the family home…
READ FULL STORYA trailer broke free of its chains and toppled on top of five cars on-board the NorthLink ferry Hrossey as she approached Shetland on Monday…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON The £49 million needed to build the new Anderson High School could be taken from the SIC’s own reserves, Shetland Charitable Trust…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL NHS Shetland hopes to learn before the end of the month whether the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) is willing to sanction the…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL The man who says he is the rightful owner of Forewick Holm, or Forvik, has expelled udal law campaigner Stuart Hill from…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON Up to 500 workers will be needed at Sullom Voe to build Total’s gas plant and pipeline at the height of the…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL Campaign group Sustainable Shetland is calling on the SIC to cease making payments towards the Viking Energy windfarm project and take urgent…
READ FULL STORYBy LOUISE THOMASON The councillor who described Shetland’s livestock co-operative as a “Mickey Mouse organisation” during a council meeting on the future of the organisation…
READ FULL STORYThe value of Shetland’s oil funds this week plummeted to its lowest level during the current financial crisis, down to a combined market value of…
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR The Burra and Trondra bridges are in such poor condition that barriers running alongside them are being held up in places by…
READ FULL STORYBy PAUL RIDDELL Crime writer Ann Cleeves’ quartet of novels set in Shetland may be turned into a prime-time television drama series after a leading…
READ FULL STORYLerwick’s newest and most controversial roundabout has been attracting more of the wrong sort of attention, with a couple of newly-weds seeking to use it…
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