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A musician has answered the call of an author, who wanted to hear a Shetlander play a tune he wrote about his isles heritage. Jenny Keldie, from Burra, has recorded herself playing Taing of Houss on fiddle. The piece was written by Sunderland author Keith Gregson who can trace his roots back to t... Read more...
NHS Shetland and Shetland Islands Council have created a register of available accommodation for key workers. The shared register follows a number of offers of accommodation being made to the NHS over the last few weeks, which it said had "proved invaluable". Anyone with available accommodatio... Read more...
NHS Shetland chief executive Michael Dickson has said that deaths linked to the coronavirus pandemic are now "certain". (more…) Read more...
A patient has been airlifted from Shetland to Aberdeen with possible coronavirus symptoms this morning (Monday 6th April). The RAF A400 Atlas was pictured arriving at Sumburgh Airport early on Monday morning. RAF spokesman Martin Tinworth said the aircraft was dispatched from the RAF's Brize N... Read more...
Many businesses in Shetland will go under due to difficulties accessing loans and insurance support, an MSP has claimed. David Stewart, who represents the Highlands and Islands, has has written to Finance Secretary, Kate Forbes, and has spoken to the Association of Business Insurers about the sit... Read more...
NorthLink has warned of weather-related delays on its sailings today (Sunday). The operator posted details about potential delays to its passenger and freight services. Minor delays are expected on the M.V Hrossey, which is scheduled to depart Aberdeen for Kirkwall and Lerwick at 5pm and the M... Read more...
An isles musician’s attempt to spread joy over social media during the Covid-19 pandemic has snowballed into a collaboration between folk players across the world. Peter Wood, 50, said he had been amazed by the response to his videos, which he began sharing on Facebook a few weeks ago – and h... Read more...
Confirmed Covid-19 cases in Shetland have risen for the second consecutive day, according to official figures. Figures published yesterday (Saturday) by the Scottish Government show the total number of cases in Shetland has reached 40 - up from 36 on Friday. As previously reported, NHS Shetlan... Read more...
An inter island ferry was held to transport a casualty to the Mainland in the early hours of this morning. UK Coastguard said it contacted the ferry at 2.30am so that an ambulance could be transported to Mainland. No details about the patient or their condition were available Read more...
Shetland has recorded the biggest daily increase in Covid-19 cases in weeks - and health leaders said even more were likely to have contracted the disease. The Scottish Government's official figures on Friday showed 36 people in Shetland had Covid-19 – up six on the previous day's total. But... Read more...