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Both of NorthLink's Tuesday night sailings connected to Shetland will leave early due to weather. The Hjaltland will leave Lerwick three hours early tonight, at 4pm. This is due to "adverse weather conditions" the company said. Arrival into Aberdeen may also be subject to delay. The Hrossey... Read more...
Cafes, restaurants and bars around Shetland have begun to close their doors and many face an uncertain future. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday evening that all pubs, restaurants and cafes were to be told to shut in order to "flatten the curve" of the coronavirus spread. Bars a... Read more...
Pubs, cafes and restaurants across the UK will be told to close this evening (Friday), Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. Mr Johnson advised people to avoid bars, restaurants, gyms and theatres at a press briefing on Monday, leading to the closure of all Shetland Arts venues, all Shetland Rec... Read more...
MP for Orkney and Shetland Alistair Carmichael has met Prime Minister Boris Johnson to discuss concerns over the government's approach to the coronavirus crisis. Mr Carmichael was part of a group of senior opposition MP's who met with Mr Johnson at 10 Downing Street this afternoon (Friday). ... Read more...
Mareel, the Garrison Theatre, Bonhoga Gallery and the ShetlandMade retail shop at Sumburgh Airport are all to close as Shetland Arts shuts its venues in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Shetland Arts has said the venues will remain closed "until further notice". Chief executive Graeme How... Read more...
Patients at the Gilbert Bain hospital will only be allowed visitors for two hours each day. NHS Shetland has said that visiting times will be restricted to 3-4pm and 7-8pm daily, and each patient will be asked only to have "a maximum of two visitors at a time". This follows the earlier advice ... Read more...
NHS Shetland has said that only immediate family members will be allowed to visit patients at the Gilbert Bain hospital. Other visitors will not be permitted, as part of measures taken to prevent the further spread of coronavirus. The local health board is now asking that "only next of kin vis... Read more...
The Delting Up-Helly-A' festival has been postponed after NHS Shetland advised the festival should not go ahead due to coronavirus. The festival committee have followed the advice, and the earlier precedent set by the South Mainland festival, by deciding to push back the annual event. In a sta... Read more...
The South Mainland Up-Helly-A' (Smuha) committee has taken the decision to cancel this year's event. The announcement comes on the back of advice from NHS Shetland, who advised the organisers of both Smuha and the Delting event to postpone in light of the recent discovery of coronavirus in the is... Read more...
NHS Shetland has said that the two remaining Shetland fire festivals should be postponed because of coronavirus fears. In a statement released on Wednesday evening, shortly after the World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded the illness to a pandemic, NHS Shetland said the gatherings "pose unneces... Read more...