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The Norwick (or Norik) Up-Helly-A', Shetland's most northerly fire festival and the only one to traditionally take place on a Saturday, has taken place.This year's Guizer Jarl was Unst man Colin Laurenson, who led the day's festivities.They included the morning photo session at Norik bea... Read more...
A Tengmalm's owl has been discovered in a garden at Tumblin, Bixter.There have only been four previous Shetland records, the last being in 1912 in Unst.Erik and Jackie Moar opened their curtains to find a cute little owl sitting in the tree outside the bedroom. They put the photo on Face... Read more...
The Shetland senior badminton team defeated Caithness 9-3 in an inter-county match on Friday at the Yell Leisure Centre.The visit of the Caithness squad also coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Yell Badminton Open.A special event was held in the Mid Yell hall on Saturday eveni... Read more...
A Bressay resident has praised staff at Sumburgh Airport after criticism over the newly introduced parking charges and the situation for disabled drivers.Last week Joyce Davies, from Skeld, bemoaned the new set-up. She said drivers with disabilities had to go to fetch their blue badges in order ... Read more...
The road in front of Leog at Lerwick's South Commercial Street has been closed after rough seas created a hole in the sea wall just below road level.Drivers heading south can only access the road as far as the Old Manse and the former scouts' Lodberrie.The main damage likely occurred ove... Read more...
The Scottish rugby team begins its autumn series of matches tomorrow with a visit to Cardiff to take on Wales.Both squads will be minus players from outwith their own leagues, due to the game not falling inside the official three-week international window, while the Scots are further hampered by... Read more...
Another record-breaking cruise season at Lerwick Harbour closed this week – as it was announced that Cunard's Queen Victoria is scheduled to call next July.This year saw 91 vessels and an increase of around 78 per cent on 2017. A total of 90,336 passengers welcomed at the port since mid-Ma... Read more...
Bell's Brae Primary School has become the first school in Shetland to receive a gold school sport award for delivering physical education and extra-curricular sport.The National Lottery-funded Sportscotland award is a national initiative that is designed to encourage schools to continuously ... Read more...
Those responsible finally saw sense this week, reversing the ridiculous decision to play both Scottish League Cup semi-finals at Hampden Park on the same day.Celtic, one of the four sides involved, had indicated that a draw should be made to determine which game was moved to Murrayfield if the o... Read more...
Crowds gathered at Symbister on Saturday afternoon to watch the arrival of Whalsay's latest pelagic trawler, the 82-metre Serene.The boat, the latest of eight to bear the same name, was built at the Karstensens shipyard in Denmark. She is understood to be Shetland's largest fishing vessel so... Read more...