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NorthLink passenger ships Hjaltland and Hrossey are having a £1 million makeover to provide “gastro-pub” food, luxury recliners and a room of video console games. (more…) Read more...
Two grant schemes for crofters and farmers are to be scrapped as part of Shetland Islands Council’s drive to cut spending. (more…) Read more...
The long-established Shetland salmon sales company Framgord has gone out of business after being caught up in what has been described as one of Scotland’s biggest food fraud investigations. (more…) Read more...
Chevron has been given permission by the UK government to drill the Cambo-5 oil well in deep water west of Shetland. (more…) Read more...
The Freefield Centre is set to be saved and improved by the voluntary sector to provide a wider range of services in Lerwick for the elderly at no cost to the council. (more…) Read more...
The future of Shetland’s network of 52 public halls is in doubt after councillors refused grants today to replace the leaky roofs at Sullom and South Nesting. (more…) Read more...
Shetland Arts has been attacked for appearing to drop Peerie Willie Johnson’s name from the guitar festival staged in his honour. Adverts for the eighth annual event which starts today make no mention of the legendary guitarist who died in 2007, aged 86. (more…) Read more...
Shetland Islands Council convener Malcolm Bell will represent the local authority on a three-strong panel to select eight independent trustees for Shetland Charitable Trust. (more…) Read more...
Parents in the South Mainland are concerned that the proposed closure of Sandwick Junior High School may already be a “done deal” nearly three years before consultation on the cut is carried out. (more…) Read more...
Organisations are “lining up” to use the new council-owned fibre optic link to free themselves from the unpopular and unreliable BT microwave link from the Scottish mainland and benefit from faster broadband. At least one major oil-related company at Sullom Voe has bought into the service, fo... Read more...