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A Shetland Times journalist has been shortlisted for a prize at the Scottish Press Awards.The paper’s news editor Jim Tait is in the running for local/weekly sports writer of the year in the prestigious event’s 40th year.The Lerwick resident, originally from Bigton, will be up agains... 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...
The Shetland Times is offering assurances that all data provided for its directory is secure after a new scam emerged.Emails are being sent which purport to seek information for the "Shetland Directory 2018".However, the messages have not been sent from The Shetland Times Ltd. Instead, they ... Read more...
Have you read the exclusive story in this week's Shetland Times revealing that the council has spent £21 million on "consultants" in six years?The information was acquired by this newspaper through a Freedom of Information (FoI) request.To read the full list of consultants, click here.A... Read more...
Over £21 million has been spent by Shetland Islands Council on consultants in the last six years.Consultancy costs have been at least £2 million every year since 2011/12, peaking at £5.5 million in 2015/16.Among the biggest recipients of the authority’s money since 2011 have been NIRAS ... Read more...
Two journalists from The Shetland Times have been named on the shortlist for the Highlands and Islands Media Awards.Andrew McQuarrie is one of three candidates in the Young Reporter of the Year category, while Ryan Taylor has been selected in the Top Story of the Year section.The winners wil... Read more...
The Shetland Times has been crowned winner of two prizes at the Highlands and Islands Media Awards - named Newspaper of the Year and winner of the Best Use of Digital Media.In the Newspaper of the Year section The Shetland Times was up against The Orcadian and The Strathspey and Badenoch Heral... Read more...
The Shetland Times has been shortlisted in two categories for this year's Highlands and Islands Media Awards.The newspaper has been nominated in the Newspaper of the Year category while its online version is shortlisted in the Best Use of Digital Media section.Editor Adam Civico said: "We op... Read more...
Shetland Times journalist Ryan Taylor was named Reporter of the Year in the Highlands and Islands Media Awards last night, the second time in three years he has won the award.Mr Taylor was presented with the Jim Love Memorial Trophy at the annual Highlands and Islands Press Ball at Inverness... Read more...
The Shetland Times has been shortlisted for Newspaper of the Year in the Highland Media Awards while reporter Ryan Taylor is in the running for Reporter of the Year.Editor Adam Civico said he was delighted to learn of the shortlistings.He said: “This newspaper has consistently broken the b... Read more...