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A man who brandished a knife as he threatened to rape and kill his partner before preventing her from making a 999 emergency call was warned he could face prison when he appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court today.(more…) Read more...
Councillors today voted to delay the statutory consultation on the proposed closure of Olnafirth Primary School in Voe until August 2012 following a request by Scottish education secretary Michael Russell for a moratorium on all primary school closures.(more…) Read more...
The latest Merseyside heroin smuggler to be caught was warned she could be facing prison when she appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court this week after admitting concealing £21,000-worth of the drug.(more…) Read more...
Seventy-five senior managers in Shetland Islands Council have been invited to leave through early retirement or voluntary redundancy as the local authority looks to shed 15 of its biggest wage-earners.(more…) Read more...
Social enterprise company Cope Ltd is looking for a new manager to replace former Lerwick police chief Malcolm Bell.(more…) Read more...
Brian Smith and his union colleagues are absolutely right in their assertion that Shetland may be heading for economic and social catastrophe. Let no-one for one minute think that this is just overpaid, underworked council employees trying to look after themselves. Never have I been more concerned a... Read more...
Netball player Sophie May Leyland, 18, recently travelled down to Glasgow and successfully gained herself a place in the under-21 Scotland squad.She took part in a six-hour trial which contained netballs drills, a fitness test and playing netball games against around 40 other girls. Some of ... Read more...
The current top four sides in the G&S Flooring Premier League met on Friday night with Celtic the main beneficiaries of the two results. Spurs and Whalsay played out a 1-1 draw at Seafield while Celtic eased past Whitedale 4-1 at Gilbertson Park. In the other fixtures Thistle secured a first win... Read more...
Runaway hockey leaders Whalsay continued their march towards the Association Rosebowl with victory over Zetland, while Spurs and Burra shared the points.(more…) Read more...
Andrea Strachan won the bronze medal in the 50 metre breaststroke at the British Gas Amateur Swimming Association National championships being held at the Pond Forge leisure centre in Sheffield yesterday.Andrea started the day in fine form qualifying for the finals as the seventh fastest qua... Read more...