![Leonard Scollay doing what he loved best at the 1995 Shetland Folk Festival. Photo: Jo Redman](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Leonardbressay_folk_fest_2-240x140.jpg)
Memories of ground breaking fiddler Scollay
![Leonard Scollay doing what he loved best at the 1995 Shetland Folk Festival. Photo: Jo Redman](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Leonardbressay_folk_fest_2-240x140.jpg)
![Andrew Halcrow back home in sunny Hamnavoe with his wife Alyson this week. Photo: Malcolm Younger](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/140326_Andrew__Alyson-240x140.jpg)
![Laurence Odie Knitwear Ltd.'s premises in Hoswick were broken into and money stolen at the weekend. It is the fifth victim of a break-in in the past three months. Photo: Shetnews](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hoswick_knitwear-240x140.jpg)
![Local SNP activist Danus Skene speaking during Saturday night's Althing debate at Tingwall Hall. Photo: Hans Marter/Shetnews](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/140322_Danus-240x140.jpg)
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![Hundreds of primary pupils got the chance to perform on stage at Mareel's main auditorium. Photo: Davie Gardner](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/happy_pupils-240x140.jpg)
![Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael.](/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/121113_alistair_carmichael-240x140.jpg)
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![SNP minister Fergus Ewing speaking in Sandwick's Carnegie Hall on Monday night. Photo: Shetnews](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/DSC_0084-240x140.jpg)
![Cinema and music venue Mareel.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/121019_mareel_from_hays_dock-240x140.jpg)
![Fetlar woman Marie Hallam fears that ferry fares will force her family to leave the island they love. Photo Joe Hallam](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/140315_marie_hallam-240x140.jpg)
![The NAFC Marine Centre](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/131030_NAFC_Marine_Centre-240x140.jpg)
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![The SIC is to consult on plans to cut the speed limit in Lerwick town centre to 20mph. Photo: Shetnews](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cbbbfa8fa315cca37e5a9a943f951ce8-240x140.jpg)
![One of the sperm whales at Muness on Sunday. Photo: Robbie Brookes](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Sperm_Whale_2_at_Muness_March_9th_2014_3_1-240x140.jpg)
![Experienced journalist Kenneth Asch wants Shetland pupils to get involved in a performance marking the centenary of the First World War. Photo: Neil Riddell/Shetnews](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Kenneth_Asch-240x140.jpg)
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![Emma Leslie was last seen in Aberdeen on Friday night.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Bhu4eOTCMAA69p5-240x140.jpg)
![The British Tranquility transfers her cargo to the Island Express. Photo: John Bateson](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/P1130599-240x140.jpg)
![Kirsten and Steven Johnston, along with Steven's mother Margaret, take a well-earned breather outside the newly reopened Bixter Shop. Photo: Hans Marter/Shetnews.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/140301_New_Bixter_shop-240x140.jpg)
![Bus services across the islands, including on the West Side, are set for a radical overhaul. Photo: Shetland Islands Council.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Westside_Bus2_06-240x140.jpg)
![Turbines at Burradale. 18 businesses want to build a much larger wind farm in Yell and Unst. Photo: Hans Marter/Shetnews.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Burradale_wind_farm_ShetNews-240x140.jpg)
![Teeanger Sophie Wishart with the prize she won for her outstanding exam result.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_0181-240x140.jpg)
![MSP Jean Urquhart is calling on small businesses to provide evidence of high delivery charges.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/jean_urquhart_official_1-240x140.jpg)
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![North Isles councillor Gary Cleaver is unhappy about Jonathan Wills speaking publicly on the referendum.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gary-cleaver-240x140.jpg)
![The waste to energy plant at Gremista.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Waste_to_Energy_plant-240x140.jpg)
![LHD's shop is to move into Leask's Esplanade premises, which was a travel agency until two years ago.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/john_leask__son-240x140.jpg)
![Isles MP and Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/130921_Alistair_Carmichael_2-240x140.jpg)
![Pictured outside Lerwick Town Hall following the latest meeting with Scottish ministers to discuss further autonomy for the islands are (left to right): Western Isles leader Angus Campbell, Orkney leader Steven Heddle, Scottish planning minister Derek Mackay and SIC leader Gary Robinson. Photo: Shetnews/Neil Riddell](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/our_islands_our_future-240x140.jpg)
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![The Bell's Brae Primary School at last year's festival. Photo: Davie Gardner](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_4505-240x140.jpg)
![The 21-year-old Leirna is being given a new lease of life at a cost of £1 million. Photo: SIC](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Leirna_3-240x140.jpg)
![The east extension of Sumburgh runway. Photo: Shetnews](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/est_extension_of_Sumburgh_runway-240x140.jpg)
![NHS Shetland chairman Ian Kinniburgh.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/kinniburgh-240x140.jpg)
![Davie Henderson.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/davie_henderson_celtic_connections_2013_copyright_Sean_Purser-240x140.jpg)
![The SIC delegation outside Downing Street in December 2012.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/121220_sic_housing_delegation-240x140.jpg)
![Arthur Nicholson on stage at Adelaide's. Photo Neil Riddell/Shetnews](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140201_arthur_nicolson_at_celtic_connections-240x140.jpg)
![Guizer jarl Ivor Cluness meets council convener Malcolm Bell during Tuesday morning's civic reception in the Lerwick Town Hall - Photo: Chris Brown](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/140128_in_the_town_hall_with_converer_Malcolm_Bell-240x140.jpg)
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![Strong winds flung a large rock onto the runway at Sumburgh Airport. Photo: Ronnie Robertson](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rr_runway_27_Sumburgh_IMG_5165_copy-240x140.jpg)
![The Ocean Endeavour formerly known as the Kristina Katarina at Victoria Pier two years ago. The cruise liner has been chartered by Petrofac to accommodate Shetland Gas Plant workers. She is expected to arrive in Lerwick next week - Photo: Ian Leask](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/140122_Cruise_liner_Kristina_Katarina-240x140.jpg)
![Council convener Malcolm Bell has dubbed Lerwick's traffic light problems an "embarrassment".](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cbbbfa8fa315cca37e5a9a943f951ce8-240x140.jpg)
![The Altaire braved the winds to head out to sea on Monday. Photo: Ian Leask](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/altaire-240x140.jpg)
![Sandwick Youth and Community Centre. Photo Shetlopedia](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Sandwick_Youth_and_Community_Centre-240x140.jpg)
![Young singer-songwriter Chloe Robertson. Photo: Scott Goudie.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/chloe_robertson_pic-240x140.jpg)
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