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Air ambulance apology

24 March 2017

Fuel poverty warning as energy prices rise

24 March 2017

Bands prepare for battle

24 March 2017

Shetland Islands Council has launched a three-year recruitment drive for foster carers.

SIC needs more foster carers

24 March 2017

The roadblocks were situated at the foot of Mill Brae, but they were not thought to have been used often. Photo: Scalloway Museum.

WWII roadblocks recovered

24 March 2017

NHS Shetland voted in favour of sending the majority of its patients for treatment in Aberdeen via the ferry.

NorthLink: no ‘direct talks’ with health board on patient travel

23 March 2017

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Concerns raised over air ambulance mix-up

23 March 2017

Miriam Brett, pictured during the 2014 Scottish independence campaign, was involved in the Westminster lockdown on Wednesday afternoon. Photo: Simon Baker

Islanders caught up in Westminster lockdown

23 March 2017

Man reported over collision

23 March 2017

Design proposals for the bookshop by local architects Redman and Sutherland.

Second-hand bookshop plans for Kergord

23 March 2017

The remote Fair Isle will have a direct air link to Orkney in September and October.

Loganair to fly to Fair Isle

23 March 2017

Mind Your Head committee member Graeme Howell is documenting his efforts to lose weight to help publicise the charity's work.

Howell publicises fitness drive to promote Mind Your Head

22 March 2017

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NHS Shetland’s Choose Life coordinator Karen Smith.

No suicides in 18 months as training pays off

22 March 2017

Fined and banned for driving car with ‘absolutely no brakes’

22 March 2017

Jonathan Wills' attempt to open up SIC seminars to the public was dismissed by all but one other councillor present.

Councillor Wills foiled in attempt to make SIC seminars open to members of the public

22 March 2017

AD Mathewson. Photo courtesy of Shetland Museum and Archives.

Talk on prolific Yell teacher

22 March 2017

Repeat offender remanded

22 March 2017

Many of the items donated for sending on to refugees have been destroyed.

‘Sickening’ vandalism of refugee donations

21 March 2017

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‘Wait and see what type of Brexit we get’

21 March 2017

A minority of drivers are still causing 'scary' near misses on main roads in Shetland, say local cyclists. Photo: Robert Wishart.

Cyclists speak of ‘scary’ near misses on roads

21 March 2017

One of the Triton pens purchased by Cooke Aquaculture.

Cooke puts £2m into Unst and Aith sites

21 March 2017

The NAFC Marine Centre will host the two seminars.

Free seafood seminars

21 March 2017

The Shetland Gymnastics Club squad following the North District competition in Inverurie.

Gymnasts’ Inverurie success

21 March 2017

Voter registration reminder

21 March 2017

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Switch off for Earth Hour

21 March 2017

Overnight break-ins at school and store

20 March 2017

Join Rack & Ruin on the road

20 March 2017

It was the first time both Shetland netball teams had defeated Orkney away from home. Back row (from left): Sarah Grogan (holding daughter Caitlin) Clare Farmer, Bethany Anderson, Kayti Jeromson, Shelley Sandison, Debbie Smith, Natalie Constable, Claire Morris, Vicki Smith, Louise Moar, Ann-Marie Goudie and Rhianne Johnson.Front row: Sanna Aitken, Karen Bannister, Ava Sim, Kirsti Leask, Kim Johnson, Victoria Duthie and Maisie Unsworth. Photo: Mark Harcus.

Double inter county success for netball teams

20 March 2017

Police seek info on transit van involved in cyclist collision

20 March 2017

Newly elected MSYPs Sonny Thomason (second from left) and Charlie Haddon (third from left) with Martin Summers of Shetland Islands Council (left) and deputy returning officer Anne Cogle. Photo: SIC.

New MSYPs Charlie and Sonny ‘truly grateful’

20 March 2017

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Kellie Naulls: 'It is just me and my laptop'

Shop offers best of Unst

20 March 2017

Open letter to NHS Shetland

19 March 2017

Highlands and Islands list MSP John Finnie in Lerwick last year. Photo: Chris Cope/Shetland News

MSP says Scotland ‘deserves a choice’ on independence

19 March 2017

Offshore workers flown to Shetland after power loss

18 March 2017

Gudrun Johnston wearing this year's Wool Week hat, her Bousta Beanie.

Gudrun is Wool Week patron

18 March 2017

Cyclist injured in collision

18 March 2017

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New crofting commissioner Andy Holt.

Andy appointed new crofting commissioner

17 March 2017

Shetland Royal Voluntary Service manager Mary Gair - Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News

Practical and emotional help to the elderly

17 March 2017

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Youth theatre to explore WWI

17 March 2017

The Gentleman Crafter - aka John Bloodworth - will be in Shetland at the weekend as part of a nationwide fundraising challenge.

Craft workshops to raise mental health cash

17 March 2017

A pontoon is currently erected alongside Toft pier on a temporary basis after it was fenced off in December over safety fears. Photo: Robert Williamson

Toft pier: plenty of surveys but no repairs

17 March 2017

Jarl John Duncan's galley Larkspur is being sacrificed to the flames - Photo: Mark Berry

Erik the Red – who else?

17 March 2017

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The Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl is set to become a venue during next month's Shetland Folk Festival - Photo: Austin Taylor

Folk festival expands with boat gigs and circus

17 March 2017

A few ideas to save NHS money

16 March 2017

Unpaid work for pub assault

16 March 2017

Sturgeon backs new NHS patient travel policy

16 March 2017

Supervision order after ‘despicable crime’

16 March 2017

Man admits having heroin

16 March 2017

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