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Ferry crossings to Bressay are currently suspended after the route's MV Leirna vessel suffered mechanical problems. Council engineers are investigating the engine fault and Whalsay's MV Hendra will take up service on the Bressay route from around 11am this morning (Wednesday). Bookings on the ... Read more...
Plans are underway to create a new health clinic in Bressay, as part of "gold standard" proposals to develop a fresh new model aimed at improving the island's health service. Work undertaken jointly by the local NHS and the Bressay Community Council has been unanimously backed by members, and des... Read more...
A not-for-profit company is appealing for support to launch its first community project – to help preserve maritime heritage "before it is too late". (more…) Read more...
A pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins were in Lerwick Harbour for a while on Friday morning. Many people got a chance to see them in ideal calm conditions. Photographer John Coutts captured the pod passing Gardie House in Bressay while viewed from the Lerwick side. Read more...
UPDATE: The Bressay ferry, MV Leirna is now back in service after council engineers repaired a defective engine component which had taken the vessel out of service earlier in the day (Tuesday). A dive survey of the hull found no damage had been caused when the ferry ran aground in Bressay this morni... Read more...
A ferry full of runners arrived in Bressay this morning for the first 'parkrun' in the isles. Shetland has joined a community of 5k courses across the globe, where folk can register online for a barcode and run/walk the route with friends and family. More than 60 people lined up on the start l... Read more...
Tunnels to any island would cost millions, would take years to complete, and would be paid for as in Norway by tolls. As far as Bressay is concerned the isles would be an annexe to Lerwick with houses all along the west face of the island, as building land is scarce in Lerwick. Do the Bressa folk... Read more...
A scheme to introduce a fun run to Bressay which will be part of the global parkrun network is bidding to bag a cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. Director of the Bressay run Kate Wills says it will bring a host of benefits to participants and Bressay itself, with the idea being t... Read more...
The recently reopened Maryfield House Hotel in Bressay was granted an off-sales licence which will allow islanders to buy alcohol for home consumption until 10pm. (more…) Read more...
A councillor has defended the SIC’s record on ferries after a claim the service was proving too inflexible for vulnerable communities. Chairman of the environment and transport committee, Michael Stout, has spoken after the head of Bressay’s community council argued pleas to make the service ... Read more...