Councillors’ condemnation of Holyrood budget offer
Councillors have unanimously supported a motion condemning the latest funding offer from the Scottish government. (more…) Read more...
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Councillors have unanimously supported a motion condemning the latest funding offer from the Scottish government. (more…) Read more...
A picket line has been formed outside Shetland College as lecturers campaign for an improved pay offer.Strike action was backed in December by 89.8 per cent of EIS-FELA union members on a turnout of 52.1 per cent.A total of 32 lecturers are taking shifts to stand outside their Gremista w... Read more...
Police are appealing for information after an alleged theft of a purse from a bus passenger.The crime is believed to have been committed on the number six bus from Nederdale in Lerwick to Sumburgh on Friday between 11pm and midnight.The purse is large, rectangular and made of red leather. ... Read more...
A man has been fined £400 at Lerwick Sheriff Court after he admitted repeatedly using text and social media to contact his former partner in breach of a court order.Denis Zalekesin, 41, of Leslie Road, Lerwick, pleaded guilty to the offence when he appeared from custody before Sheriff Ian Cruic... Read more...
Police are appealing for help after a car was damaged in Lerwick at the weekend.A blue Ford Fiesta was damaged while parked either in the Shetland Hotel car park or in the Mareel car park between 7pm-10pm on Saturday.Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, Crimest... Read more...
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...
NHS Shetland’s Patient Travel Service is moving to a different part of the Gilbert Bain Hospital while building work is carried out.The service will be based in the audiology department, close to the reception area, for two weeks from 21st January.Patient travel manager Yvonne Graham said:... Read more...
A Lerwick woman has been released on bail after appearing at the town's sheriff court charged with drug offences. (more…) Read more...
Heroin worth an estimated £9,000 has been seized by police after a raid in Lerwick. (more…) Read more...