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Shetland Islands Council finally struck a financial deal with Total late yesterday afternoon allowing the oil company to build its £500 million gas terminal at Sullom Voe in return for rent and other benefits for the community.Council convener Sandy Cluness said the lease and the spin-off inc... Read more...
Australian woman Lois Wishart Lindsay is looking forward to coming to the Hamefarin in June and discovering more about her roots. Here she writes about her Wishart forebears.From childhood I have been conscious that Celtic and Norse blood courses through my veins. As well as being taken to watch... Read more...
A squeeze will be put on the economy following a decision to push ahead with cuts in council grants for key industry sectors such as agriculture and tourism, although promotion for events like the Tall Ships or Hamefarin will be given a boost.The move is being made following a reduction in the e... Read more...
Get ready to dust down your drainpipes and crack out your creepers, as for one night only, Showaddywaddy are back in town.Currently on an extensive tour, the rock’n’roll veterans will be visiting the isles to play a special concert on 17th April and will be accompanied by original ... Read more...
Alcohol misuse is costing NHS Shetland more than half a million pounds a year, according to Scottish Government figures.The figures also show that 25 per cent of all emergency ambulance call-outs in Shetland are alcohol-related.In addition alcohol-related conditions put a strain on accid... Read more...
The Scottish Government has backed down over its plans to order NorthLink to save fuel by lengthening its journey times without any prior consultation.The move follows a meeting between transport minister Stewart Stevenson and MSPs for both Orkney and Shetland, although the company will still ha... Read more...
A specially-made spinning wheel is to be auctioned to raise funds for the newly-built Fair Isle Bird Observatory, which is due to open on 1st May.An incredible £4 million has already been raised for the construction of the new building, a substantial part of which was raised publicly.Fu... Read more...
By MALACHY TALLACKA new bridging loan scheme agreed by Shetland Charitable Trust this week could prove hugely beneficial for community groups embarking on capital works projects in the isles.The scheme would offer bridging loans to cover the cost of any capital projects where funding had al... Read more...
Plans for a wave farm off Shetland using Pelamis wave machines are still on track despite the announcement this week that the machines are to be deployed for three larger wave farms off Orkney and the north of Scotland.Edinburgh-based Pelamis is to supply its sea snake power generators for a... Read more...
They work quietly away in the background but Mina, Betsy, Brenda, Sally and Karen are playing a key role in providing what has been described as the world’s most productive windfarm.The turbines, which were given female names when they began to appear above the Burradale skyline above the B... Read more...