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A man was spotted breaking into his old home after drinking Prosecco wine – just one day after he sold the house.Lewis Charles Sykes, 26, now of Hillside Brae in Gulberwick, sold his house at Longland, Lerwick in December.But neighbours were woken in the early hours by the sound of breakin... Read more...
A diabetic who became abusive in an airport departure lounge after drinking has been told he was fortunate he had not been planning a trip with United Airlines – the carrier at the centre of a row over its treatment of a passenger who was forced off a flight.Christopher Parker, 37, of Morvich ... Read more...
A Lerwick man has had his £10,000 car taken off him and been banned for two years after driving while almost six times the alcohol limit.Andrew Brent Georgeson, 57, of Lower Sound, previously admitted driving at Tesco and elsewhere with 131 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. ... Read more...
The inter-island ferry Geira, which is used on the Bluemull Sound service between Yell, Unst and Fetlar, was out of service for a spell with a technical fault in the bow thruster engine.Engineers went aboard the ferry at the Cullivoe pier and worked to return her to service as soon as possible. ... Read more...
Lerwick Port Authority is predicting a record-breaking cruise ship season, continuing a trend which saw record traffic over the past two years.The port is currently expecting almost 62,000 passengers this season, up 22 per cent on 2016, with an increase of 18 per cent in the gross tonnage of shi... Read more...