Scheme could help first-time house buyers
A scheme to help people currently in social or private rented accommodation buy a house on the open market is being piloted by the Scottish…
READ FULL STORYA scheme to help people currently in social or private rented accommodation buy a house on the open market is being piloted by the Scottish…
READ FULL STORYThe communities in Fair Isle and Fetlar have both been given a major boost in the last fortnight with the announcement of support from the…
READ FULL STORYShetland is making a bid to become part of a network of European Geoparks, Lerwick Community Council heard this week. Jonathan Swale and Robina Barton…
READ FULL STORYA public meeting may be held later this month to gauge support for the setting up of a Friends of the Earth Scotland (FOES) local…
READ FULL STORYA well-known skipper in the north-east of Scotland has praised the Fishing for Litter Scheme, which originated in Shetland and is designed to clean up…
READ FULL STORYFive fish farm companies operating in the zone hit by infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) are to coordinate their fish-growing from now on in a bid…
READ FULL STORYThere were several oil related arrivals at Lerwick Harbour on Wednesday. The Boa Fortune from Singapore called in at the Greenhead Base before sailing to…
READ FULL STORYShellfish managers are to review the future operation of the inshore fishery around Shetland as a special 10-year order granted in 1999 moves into its…
READ FULL STORYIn keeping with recent trends there was a fairly quiet start to the week at the fishing markets. Tuesday was the exception to this, with…
READ FULL STORYSeveral tankers left Sullom Voe Terminal this week. On Wednesday the BM Bonanza headed for Tetney with a cargo of 90,455 tonnes as did the…
READ FULL STORYA new salmon farm could soon emerge at Snarraness Voe on the West Side to help its developer Scottish Sea Farms Ltd overcome the impact…
READ FULL STORYRepresentatives from a project looking into the potential to grow biomass in Northern Europe are to visit the isles next week. The PelleTime International Steering…
READ FULL STORYSuddenly it’s all go. The snowdrops and crocuses are a distant memory and the chionodoxas are just starting to go over. Early spring is a…
READ FULL STORYLast week was a colourful one for North Isles wildlife and Whalsay was certainly “in the pink”. Surely one of the most sought-after birds to…
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