Anger after new housing project is delayed following legal challenge
Shetland’s largest building firm DITT has reacted angrily after the SIC unexpectedly abandoned plans to award it a lucrative contract to build 76 affordable homes
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Christian Radich with Shetland trainees on board wins first Tall Ships race
The Norwegian Tall Ship Christian Radich has won Race 1 of the Tall Ships Races 2011 from Waterford to Greenock.
READ FULL STORYWhalsay mayday hoaxer given chance to recompense rescue services
A Whalsay teenager who sparked a major rescue operation after making a hoax mayday call has been given the chance to avoid a prison sentence.
READ FULL STORYBetween Weathers auditions in Shetland to be filmed for BBC show
The film Between Weathers, which is to be shot in Fetlar, is holding auditions in Shetland at the end of the month – and the
READ FULL STORYDriver who was three times the limit given weekend curfew and unpaid work
A man caught three times over the drink driving limit was warned he was “on the cusp” of going to prison at Lerwick Sheriff Court
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 08.07.11
When those councillors who voted in December to approve Viking Energy’s planning application to the government’s energy consents unit, they put themselves at risk of
READ FULL STORYSpaekalation
Looking around this sorry planet, it is not hard to see that there is one major cause for almost all of our wars and conflicts.
READ FULL STORYTimes Past
25 Years Ago Despite a recommendation from the SIC’s planning department that the council go ahead with the huge office complex at Hayfield, and the
READ FULL STORYLetter from Edinburgh
The News of the World sells an enormous number of copies on an average Sunday. Its Scottish edition features a perceptive political comment piece by
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