Christmas tree up ahead of switch-on event
A local retail business has donated £500 to Shetland foodbank to help those in need.
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Peter Sandison, originally from Unst, lived in the California town for about five years.
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OVER 90 prizes will be up for auction during this year’s BBC Radio Shetland Children In Need fundraiser.
OVER 20 organisations will vie for funding at a participatory budgeting event due to be held in the South Mainland this weekend.
BT is reminding its customers to continue being on their guard when receiving cold calls from companies pretending to work on behalf of the communication company.
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David Spence and Rhona Tait were highly commended at the SQA ceremony.
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AITH lifeboat and the Sumburgh based search and rescue helicopter were called out on Sunday afternoon Shetland Coastguard received reports of a capsized boat off Muckle Roe.
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The northbound ferry will only leave for Lerwick in the early hours.
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TWO FAMILIES who have fled civil war in Syria will be resettled in Shetland in the coming weeks.
A MAN and a woman were taken to the Gilbert Bain Hospital on Wednesday afternoon following a two vehicle collision on the A970 at the Cunningsburgh Cliffs, near the turn off to Sandwick.
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A MAN has been remanded in custody after pleading guilty to assaulting three women at a house in Sandveien in Lerwick last month and stealing a car.
A MAN was found guilty of assaulting a woman after a three day trial at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
A MAN has been fined £365 and given six penalty points for a motoring offence on the Tingwall Straits.
A MAN from Lerwick has had his sentence deferred after admitting driving while being newly disqualified.
THE LERWICK Co-op supermarket on Holmsgarth Road has upped its game following a £1.5 million overhaul.
A MAN has been remanded in custody after appearing at Lerwick Sheriff Court accused of assault and struggling with police officers.
A FORMER head of rural development with the National Park Authority is joining Shetland Amenity Trust’s new management team as its head of engagement next week.
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THE BIGTON Shop has been shortlisted for a national award celebrating rural community ownership.
THE WINDY weather is again having an impact on NorthLink’s timetable.
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HAY’s Dock Cafe Restaurant in Lerwick has closed with the loss of five jobs after facing “very challenging trading conditions”.
TWO Shetlanders have been nominated for prizes at this year’s Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) Star Awards.
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A MAN has been remanded in custody after appearing at Lerwick Sheriff Court on a petition alleging three charges including dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drink or drugs.
SHETLAND has the second lowest incidence of dental decay in primary one children in Scotland, according to new figures.
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LERWICK Port Authority says the low level of activity in the offshore industry “continues to disappoint” after it released figures for the first nine months of 2018.
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A TIDAL energy project in Bluemull Sound has won a European Union award.
THE SCOTTISH Government says it will take an “outside-in” approach to rolling out superfast broadband access the country – meaning that rural areas could be the first to benefit.
A BOTCHED overtake manoeuvre on a blind uphill corner in Whiteness has landed a driver with nine penalty points and a fine of £600.
A MAN from Lerwick has been disqualified from driving for 18 months after getting behind the wheel while three and half times the alcohol limit.
A MAN from Lerwick who admitted downloading over 21,000 indecent photos and videos of children will be sentenced in December.
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