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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...
The second annual Shetland Beer Festival, at the Gilbertson Park Games Hall in Lerwick, got off to a flying start on Friday evening with a big turnout and some well-received music into the bargain.The event, hosted by Cancer Research UK (Cruk) Shetland, is intended to promote responsible dri... Read more...
Lerwick sprinter Katie Dinwoodie struck gold at the national finals of the 2018 School Games, being staged at Loughborough University this weekend.The 15-year-old, who is a pupil at the Anderson High School, was part of the Scotland team and took an impressive victory in the 100 metres. In a... Read more...
Congratulations to Delting on their hard-fought Parish Cup win on Saturday, and commiserations to Southend United who pushed them so hard.It is rare enough for a local game to end 0-0, and even rarer for it to remain scoreless after extra time when tired legs can often lead to goals.Astonish... Read more...
The Bressay ferry Leirna suffered engine failure for the second time in five days on Saturday morning.According to the coastguard the vessel lost the power in one of her engines about 7am.The Leirna headed to Lerwick where repairs were carried out and she was back in normal service fairl... Read more...