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Loganair have said that the hold baggage allowance on their flights will soon fall from 20kg to 15kg. This came from the company's managing director, Jonathan Hinkles, who told councillors of the change at a meeting of the external transport forum on Wednesday afternoon. This change will only ... Read more...
A Brae High School pupil has been nominated for a new award celebrating the best of Scottish dialect. (more…) Read more...
The thirteenth iteration of the Screenplay film festival gets underway on Friday, with guests Sanjeev Bhaskar and Jeanie Finlay having made the trip north already. Co-curators Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams are also back, organising this year's festival for the first time with Mareel cinema... Read more...
An acclaimed Americana band who refer to their musical style as "roots-pop" will pack out Mareel's auditorium next week. (more…) Read more...
SNP candidate Tom Wills has said he was "appalled" after the Lerwick war memorial was vandalised with the word 'SNP'. Photos emerged on Thursday morning of the vandalism, which appears in large letters on a concrete block at the left of the memorial. Mr Wills said on Thursday that he was "appa... Read more...
The Northlink ferry MV Hrossey was forced to return to Lerwick harbour on Wednesday evening because of a "medical situation onboard". The Hrossey departed for Kirkwall at 5.30pm on Wednesday, but was forced to turn back to Lerwick shortly after passing Cunningsburgh. The Coastguard did not h... Read more...
The Shetland football team are looking for a new manager after Kevin Main decided to step down from the role. This comes just over a week after his side regained the Milne Cup in a dramatic penalty-shootout win over Orkney. Main had been in charge of the Shetland team for the last four yea... Read more...
Glorious sunshine helped to bring in a bumper crowd to this year's Voe Show. Worries earlier in the week that the show would be under threat because of wet weather conditions were soon alleviated, with those in attendance enjoying another weekend of sun. The usual assortment of sheep, horses a... Read more...
First Minster Nicola Sturgeon will be in Shetland on Saturday 27th July to launch the SNP's by-election campaign alongside candidate Tom Wills. Ms Sturgeon will meet with party members at 2.30pm at the SNP's campaign office on Commercial Street, in the building last occupied by Love from Shetland... Read more...
Revenge will be on the minds of Shetland’s senior inter-county football players when they take to the Gilbertson Park on Saturday night to face the auld enemy of Orkney. Orkney produced a stunningly clinical performance 12 months ago to win back the Milne Cup, hammering Shetland 5-1 in front of... Read more...