Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof on UK shortlist for world heritage status
Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof have moved a step closer to becoming UNESCO world heritage sites after making it onto a UK shortlist known as
READ FULL STORYMousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof have moved a step closer to becoming UNESCO world heritage sites after making it onto a UK shortlist known as
READ FULL STORYSandwick and Scalloway swimming pools could face closure unless £400,000 is found to replace their rusting roofs. The two buildings are less than 20 years
READ FULL STORYThe SNP has announced that Highland councillor Jean Urquhart will be its Shetland candidate in this May’s Holyrood elections.
READ FULL STORYComedian Ed Byrne, star of Mock the Week and Have I Got News For You among other TV shows, is to appear in Shetland in
READ FULL STORYPlanned coastguard cuts would “seriously undermine” maritime safety, according to Shetland’s MSP Tavish Scott and his Orkney counterpart Liam McArthur.
READ FULL STORYShetland College is to be expanded with its two parallel blocks linked by a new building containing a reception, administration area and library.
READ FULL STORYShetland Islands Council will begin training its staff from June onwards in how to work in a more environmentally-friendly fashion.
READ FULL STORYThe European Union is in the advanced stages of planning for sanctions against Iceland and Faroe after the breakdown in talks on a mackerel agreement.
READ FULL STORYA late goal put paid to the Shetland hockey team’s hopes in the Scottish District Cup as they went out to Perthshire in the third
READ FULL STORYThe Shetland to Romania Orphanage Project has reached its fund-raising target of £10,000, and has managed it within six months instead of the anticipated 10.
READ FULL STORYThe annual Ladies Lifeboat Guild coffee morning on board NorthLink’s Hjaltland at the Holmsgarth terminal on Saturday raised over £3,200 for the charity.
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