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A Lerwick man is warning of a danger of explosion and fire in a giant battery installed at Lerwick Power Station which could burn for weeks and require the town to be evacuated. (more…) Read more...
Industrial action on is expected to cause a shutdown of inter-island ferry services, the desertion of most school classrooms and the closure of harbours at Scalloway and Sullom Voe on Wednesday. (more…) Read more...
A Shetlander who emigrated to Canada at the age of 17 is to be featured in a BBC documentary on Wednesday. Jimmie Deyell left Bressay on 22nd August 1965 to join the Hudson’s Bay Company in the Arctic. He remained with the HBC and its successor The North West Company until he retired three years ... Read more...
The new Anderson High School has moved a tentative step closer to reality after the Scottish government opened the door for Shetland Islands Council to bid for up to two thirds of funds needed to build the major project.(more…) Read more...
Viking Energy's controversial windfarm looks set to be reduced in size once more due to Scatsa Airport operator Serco's fears over aircraft safety. (more…) Read more...
The chief executive of the national sports body sportscotland, Stewart Harris, was in Shetland on Friday to present swimmer Andrea Strachan, who won four gold medals at the Island Games in the Isle of Wight in the summer, with her richly-deserved accolade of Sportsperson of the Year 2011. (more&hell... Read more...
October 1st 2011 was a dark day indeed. In Scotland new legislation came into force, banning shops and supermarkets from offering special deals on alcohol purchases, while in Demark the world’s first ever fat tax was introduced. The Danish tax targets specifically saturated fat, and affects such i... Read more...
25 Years Ago Four Shetland men risked their lives by going into a burning building to check if there was anyone inside a blazing television lounge at the Staney Hill Hostel in Lerwick. They were driven back by thick choking smoke but fortunately the lounge was empty. The blaze at the council-own... Read more...
Erbil is the capital of Kurdistan and Kurdistan is the new Saudi Arabia with the fourth largest oil reserves on the planet. Erbil could be Aberdeen in the 1970s, albeit without the sea, the harbour and sandstorms replacing easterly wind and sea harr. It is a boom town and is pulsing with energy as ... Read more...