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Unst space team pleased to see Sutherland project receive planning approval

29 June 2020

‘We just want to be treated equally and respectfully’

One of the many folk who took part in the recent Shetland Staands wi Black Lives Matter event was 83-year-old William Hopkins from Bigton, who was raised in the US and was involved in civil rights marches. Here he and his daughter Yvette share what the movement means to them.

26 June 2020

•Shetland Lives

The £6.5 million Moorfield Hotel was opened on Tuesday.

Hotel staff ‘must now get the support they need’

26 June 2020

How the Viking Energy wind farm might look from the Billister and Laxfirth road at North Nesting.

Viking Energy focused on current plans as campaign group worried area around Scatsta could become ‘prime target’ for more turbines

25 June 2020

Oil companies keen to cut emissions but are non-committal on energy hub

25 June 2020

Watch: NorthLink freight ship runs aground on arrival into Aberdeen

The ferry operator says there are no reported injuries or risk to the environment

25 June 2020

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Coffee shop in museum won’t re-open this year as lack of summer trade makes cafe ‘unviable’

Owner Emma Macdonald also wishes to focus time on councillor role as Shetland recovers from Covid-19 pandemic

24 June 2020

Ferries can be used to visit friends as well as family, NorthLink confirms

24 June 2020

Moorfield Hotel to close with loss of nearly 50 jobs

Local councillor Emma Macdonald said it is “terrible news for the staff and whole of the North Mainland”

23 June 2020

Physical distancing reduces capacity of north boats by 80 per cent

23 June 2020

Fundraiser leaves Hildasay to resume coastline walk after three-month island isolation

22 June 2020

‘Sad day for the North Mainland’ as final flight leaves Scatsta Airport

20 June 2020

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Anti-racism protest walk held in Lerwick

20 June 2020

Lerwick's Commercial Street. Photo: Shetland News

Reopening date for shops later than hoped but clarity welcomed

19 June 2020

Another business on the market in Scalloway but plan provides source of positivity

19 June 2020

Excavations in Upper Scalloway garden to continue for ‘week or two’ more

At least four ‘pretty complete’ skeletons believed to be from the 1400s have been found

19 June 2020

Dog photographer left feeling ‘sick’ after scammers sell images online

18 June 2020

Jarl squads still waiting on refunds of over £50,000 from airline for cancelled New York Trip

Trip organiser Martin Summers says after 11 weeks it is ‘time for British Airways to settle the refund’

18 June 2020

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‘I feel such a lift of energy and support’ – anti-racism protest provides source of optimism

17 June 2020

An impression of how part of the Viking Energy windfarm could look.

Viking Energy wind farm looks set to go ahead as SSE agrees to proceed with £580m project

SSE is awaiting the outcome of a consultation on a 600MW transmission link to the Scottish mainland, which is necessary for the wind farm to go ahead

17 June 2020

Scatsta Airport. Photo: Shetland News

Space centre team keen to bring Scatsta Airport ‘back to life’

16 June 2020

‘Faces of the UK’ go on display in Lerwick

Artist Balazs Onhausz aims to raise extra money for NHS Shetland through selling the paintings

15 June 2020

Fifteen redundancies at hotel company

12 June 2020

Health chief says Black Lives Matter movement is important for ‘whole range of reasons’

11 June 2020

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Motion lodged at Scottish Parliament calling for end of ‘blackface’ at Up Helly Aa festivals

Lerwick Up Helly Aa said it would also not tolerate ‘blacking up’

10 June 2020

Work to start soon on access track for electricity converter station

10 June 2020

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‘Ignorance does not make this acceptable’ – pressure grows on blackface to be banned in Up Helly Aa squads

9 June 2020

New mental health role created to help people in hospital

9 June 2020

Pandemic puts first phase of church closures on hold

8 June 2020

Around five people a day enquiring about expanded Covid-19 testing scheme

5 June 2020

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Depopulation fears raised as ‘perfect storm’ looms in north mainland

4 June 2020

Fishing vessel takes in water north of Unst

4 June 2020

•Emergency services

Video series gives people virtual tours around Fair Isle during pandemic

4 June 2020

Health board begins to tackle backlog of postponed medical work as lockdown restrictions ease

Patients coming in for planned procedures will be asked to shield for 14 days prior to visiting hospital

2 June 2020

The swimming pool at the West Mainland Leisure Centre in Aith. Photo: SRT

Planning ongoing at recreational trust over return of leisure centres

1 June 2020

Second message in bottle from Norway found washed up within a week

1 June 2020

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No space for newspapers on morning flight due to ‘rapid’ increase in mail and parcels heading north

Lerwick named the UK’s ‘hotspot’ for deliveries during lockdown

29 May 2020

Shetland Amenity Trust's main office in Lerwick.

Amenity trust could lose 90 per cent of commercial income, chief executive says

29 May 2020

Face masks and temperature checks: what getting a haircut could look like when restrictions ease

29 May 2020

Ability Shetland team leader Stephanie Bain. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News

Ability Shetland ‘delighted’ as charity secures £100,000 in funding

27 May 2020

Warning over security jobs at ferry terminal as NorthLink takes service in-house

26 May 2020

The Tories' Jamie Halcro Johnston isn't so sure about the draft budget. Photo: Shetland News

Conservative list MSP says Cummings should have resigned or have been sacked

26 May 2020

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From Norway to Spiggie as message in bottle from children washes up on beach

26 May 2020

Mareel. Photo: Shetland News

Arts agency happy to be guided by public health specialists on reopening venues and holding events

25 May 2020

The show will go on – meet some of the musicians finding an audience online during lockdown

22 May 2020

Scatsta Airport. Photo: Shetland News

Aviation authority notified of Scatsta Airport closure

20 May 2020

Wind farm developer ‘optimistic’ after transmission link approval

Peel Energy has begun the process of discharging planning conditions for its proposed wind farm in Yell

19 May 2020

Four weeks since last positive Covid-19 test but isles should not become complacent, says health chief

18 May 2020

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