Teenage girl was at death’s door after botched operation
By RYAN TAYLOR A teenager was left “hours from death” after a routine operation to remove her gall-bladder by keyhole surgery at the Gilbert Bain…
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR A teenager was left “hours from death” after a routine operation to remove her gall-bladder by keyhole surgery at the Gilbert Bain…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON An elderly man whose complaints about poor care forced NHS Shetland and the Scottish Ambulance Service to improve their practices has called…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS Concern about a possible pandemic of swine flu has been mounting following the confirmation of two cases in Scotland, three in England…
READ FULL STORYA councillor has voiced his fear that if attempts to attract new blood to Shetland are successful, it could spark an “exodus” of natives and…
READ FULL STORYBy LOUISE THOMASON Environmentalists in Shetland are pressing for more research to be done in to the recent decrease in common seals around Shetland following…
READ FULL STORYThe body of a man from Teesside was recovered during a sea and air search for a missing oil worker in the North Sea on…
READ FULL STORYPolice are cracking down hard on underage drinking at country halls and rural events in a new initiative that officers say is in response to…
READ FULL STORYWork on the 18th century mansion Belmont House in Unst is now in the second phase of its restoration and is on course to transform…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL Troubled agricultural co-operative Shetland Livestock Marketing Group (SLMG) has been given a further £20,000 towards its running costs and granted a further…
READ FULL STORYLocal authority leaders representing the islands in the Highlands and Islands have agreed that their councils should work together in preparation for A Year of…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON A group of inshore fishermen have come together to demand more say over how their fisheries are run in Shetland. The newly…
READ FULL STORYA varied selection of articles is on offer in this month’s Shetland Life, on sale today. Editor Malachy Tallack discusses the possible decline of the…
READ FULL STORYShetland’s only double-decker bus wound up in a ditch on Saturday evening, causing a single track road in Sandwick to be closed. No-one was hurt…
READ FULL STORYThe Scottish Government is to introduce a ban on killing seals apart from in strictly licensed zones. The proposal is contained in the new Marine…
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