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Local band Kansa treated a packed Mareel auditorium to a festive evening of excellent music on Saturday night, which not only highlighted the strength of local musical talent, but also helped Kansa to showcase their new release, The Rowan Tree.Opening the evening with a cover of First Aid Kit's... Read more...
A South Mainland man has gained recognition at a major award ceremony in London for his involvement in turning round the fortunes of the Bigton Shop.Rick Nickerson from Bigton Community Enterprise won the People's Choice award at the event.The announcement was made as part of the Plunkett Fo... Read more...
Ongoing efforts are being made to ensure isles residents who suffer from rape or sexual assault are given appropriate support.NHS Shetland's director of nursing and acute services, Kathleen Carolan, has spoken after a report was released this week.The Progress Review of Forensic Medical Serv... Read more...
A bid to acquire specialist timing equipment for Shetland's athletes has moved closer to fruition thanks to a community council grant. (more…) Read more...
A motion has been lodged in the Scottish parliament highlighting the "substantial discrepancy" between isles fuel prices and those in mainland Scotland.The motion highlights recent drops in crude oil prices, but insists pump prices in Shetland and Orkney have failed to reflect the decrease.D... Read more...
The value of Shetland Charitable Trust’s externally managed investments tumbled in October due to the major drop in world equity markets.They dropped by £20 million from £283 million to £263 million during that month as continued political uncertainty, trade disputes and Brexit damaged conf... Read more...
The winner of the recent Sonos Soundbar competition was Marshall Smith from Yell.The competition was jointly supported by The Shetland Times and George Robertson's Ltd who supplied the piece of technology. Mr Smith travelled to Lerwick to collect his prize from The Shetland Times offices at ... Read more...
A new report from the NAFC Marine Centre says 2017 was a record year for whitefish landings in the islesAccording to the annual 'Shetland Fisheries Statistics' report, more than 21,000 tonnes of whitefish (species such as cod, haddock, whiting, monks and plaice) worth about £42 million were lan... Read more...
Passenger and freight sailings have been cancelled on Wednesday due to bad weather.NorthLink Ferries said Tuesday's southbound sailing will leave Lerwick at 4pm instead of 7pm. Read more...
Grit, endeavour and sporting success were celebrated at the Shetland Sports Awards on Friday night.Seumas Mackay was crowned this year's Sportsperson of the Year for at the glitzy evening at the Clickimin.Triple Olympian and Commonwealth champion swimmer Hannah Miley presented the isles runn... Read more...