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Island games veteran manager of the shooting team Pete Davies says Shetland has a very strong chance of scoring a medal in the Olympic skeet discipline. Davies, who will only know if he can compete himself on Wednesday after an eye check-up, said that fellow gunmen John Magnus Laurenson and Darre... Read more...
A scheme to introduce a fun run to Bressay which will be part of the global parkrun network is bidding to bag a cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. Director of the Bressay run Kate Wills says it will bring a host of benefits to participants and Bressay itself, with the idea being t... Read more...
Charity walker Alex Ellis-Roswell is continuing his round the coast of Britain and Ireland charity walk in Shetland. Yesterday he walked from the Weisdale shop to Aith lifeboat station. Mr Ellis-Roswell visited Aith School with some of the lifeboat crew in the morning and met the school bairns. Rep... Read more...
A document outlining Police Scotland's 10-year vision for the future left Lerwick community councillors distinctly unimpressed, with none having managed to wade through the masterpiece of “officialese gone mad”. The councillors were keen not to criticise local police but nonetheless noted there... Read more...
Islesburgh's Thursday night Folk Festival concert provided a healthy mix of folky styles that won the approval of visiting audience members of travelling and local acts alike. Sadly the reviewer arrived in Room 16 just as the final notes of Shetland Fiddlers' Society's set were fading, but they sou... Read more...
A new tug for the Shetland Islands Council harbour operation at Sellaness was making her way up the east coast of Scotland this afternoon. The 32m long, two-year-old, Multratug 29 is being “bare boat” chartered as part of the council’s tug fleet renewal project, and will replace the Tirrick... Read more...
Newly-selected trustee Malcolm Younger has informed Shetland Charitable Trust Chairman Bobby Hunter that he will not be taking up his place on the board. Mr Hunter said he had accepted Mr Younger's decision. Read more...
Shetland Charitable Trust has voted overwhelmingly to ratify its planned reorganisation which threatens to place almost half Shetland's oil fund out of democratic control. Trustees voted by nine to two on Thursday evening to “homologate” the proposal earlier approved by the charities regulato... Read more...
Many hands were at the Albert Dock this afternoon to put in place a new mizzen mast on the historic fishing boat Swan, which broke her old mizzen at sea. The mast, expertly crafted by museum boatbuilders Jack Duncan and Robbie Tait, was stepped with the aid of a truck mounted hydraulic crane. ... Read more...
A funding appeal has been set up to provide a bionic limb for a man who had his arm amputated because of cancer. Over £13,000 has been raised for the bebionic arm for Josie Williamson which will give him vastly improved ability compared with the prosthetic limb that he currently uses. Josie's mot... Read more...