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A spectacular galley burning in Scalloway tonight (Friday) heralded the start of Shetland's fire festival season for 2019.A sizeable crowd turned out to see around 200 guizers join this year's 51 member Jarl's Squad, led by Tingwall-man Maurice Jamieson, on their torchlit procession through the ... Read more...
And we're off... fire festival season 2019 kicked off in Scalloway this morning (Friday) with a procession of Vikings through the village.Guizer Jarl Maurice Jamieson – portraying Thorbjorn Hrollaugsson – led his squad of 51 from Port Arthur along Main Street and towards the Scalloway Youth ... Read more...
A new bar is set to open in Unst this weekend after being granted a licence at today's (Tuesday) meeting of the licencing board.Balta Light will open officially on Saturday in the former masonic lodge premises at Hagdale in the isle.The pub is a joint venture of Unst residents Desley Stickle... Read more...
Shetland Islands Council has acquired the property organisation, which owns buildings including the so-called "White House", for around £17.5 million.On Tuesday the SIC and Shetland Chairtable Trust agreed a deal which will see the local authority take control of Shetland Leasing and Property D... Read more...
Some Shetland residents have been left without internet or telephone services owing to work being carried out on the Shefa-2 subsea cable.Scheduled work on the cable, which runs from Faroe to mainland Scotland via Orkney and Shetland, is set to last for around 72 hours. Difficulties with telepho... Read more...
The European Union and the United Kingdom must approach Brexit negotiations in a pragmatic fashion in order to avoid negative consequences for both sides.That was the view put forward by UK government minister Lord Duncan on Springbank during a flying visit to the isles this week.Mr Duncan, ... Read more...
"Nothing has changed" in the race to bring a spaceport to Unst.That was the message delivered by Shetland Space Centre director Frank Strang following news that Sutherland looked set to become the first site in the UK to house a vertical satellite launch base.Social media speculation suggest... Read more...
The national hotel chain Travelodge has written to Shetland Islands Council to propose a new hotel in Lerwick. (more…) Read more...
A surprising Arctic visitor caused a stir at Lerwick Harbour on Friday morning.The bearded seal, a rare sight this far south, was spotted by taxi driver Ertie Burgess on the old Bressay slip below the Market Cross.A Facebook post by Mr Burgess generated a great deal of interest and a number ... Read more...
A new shop showcasing locally-produced food and drink is to open on Lerwick's Commercial Street next month.The Taste of Shetland Pop-Up is due to open on 1st May and will run until the end of the summer. The shop will be self-contained unit in Harry's department store with its own access fro... Read more...