Shetland Islands Council is to ask sister organisation Shetland Charitable Trust to help out with tackling the alarmingly high level of fuel poverty which persists
READ FULL STORYCentral mainland councillor Betty Fullerton is to replace Gussie Angus as chair of the SIC’s services committee, which is responsible for decision-making on schools, social
READ FULL STORYAny council staff who cannot bear to miss watching this year’s royal wedding unfold will have to take the day off out of their existing
READ FULL STORYHugely popular folk-rock band Mumford & Sons are to play a show at Whiteness and Weisdale Hall as part of an intimate eight-date tour of
READ FULL STORYPublic health minister Shona Robison has been asked by isles MSP Tavish Scott to order an independent review of the handling of the rival applications
READ FULL STORYShetland’s natural environment has been recognised by many organisations, including Scottish Natural Heritage, UNESCO, the John Muir Trust, National Geographic and the Lonely Planet, as
READ FULL STORYScotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon has lent his support to the campaign to save Shetland’s coastguard station.
READ FULL STORYAnti-Viking Energy protest group Sustainable Shetland says figures it has obtained from the Scottish government’s energy consents unit reinforce its belief that a large majority
READ FULL STORYIntrepid traveller David Drake made it from South Wales to Shetland in under two days – without a penny in his pocket!
READ FULL STORYWith 10 per cent ferry fare increases last year around this time and 15 per cent this year, in a continually tightening economic climate what
READ FULL STORYActress Marnie Baxter has joined the cast of forthcoming movie Between Weathers.
READ FULL STORYUkranian gymnast Dariya Zgoba recently announced her retirement at the age of 21.
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