Outcome of funding bids crucial for future service
All fired up for Shetland’s second largest Up Helly Aa
Trust chairman Bobby Hunter to step down in May
Guizer Jarl James O’Breckon leads the festival in Cullivoe
Preventative strategy pays off according to chief inspector Lindsay Tulloch
Protest is about a wide range of social inequality
A long and exciting day ahead for Kevin Jamieson and his squad
Scottish Women’s Aid chief executive visiting the isles this week.
Awards made for services to industry and the community
Shetland Rape Crisis to receive £25,000 from the Justice and Equality Fund.
Nearly 500 people voted for their favourite projects at the weekend.
OVER 20 organisations will vie for funding at a participatory budgeting event due to be held in the South Mainland this weekend.
A SERIES of events in Shetland to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War are under way in Lerwick, writes Alex Garrick-Wright.
TWO FAMILIES who have fled civil war in Syria will be resettled in Shetland in the coming weeks.
CONCERNS have been raised in some of Shetland’s island communities over a “perceived resurgence” in drink-driving.
THE BIGTON Shop has been shortlisted for a national award celebrating rural community ownership.
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 PUBLIC consultation is set to be carried out next year on whether Lerwick’s Commercial Street should have a “car free period” during the day.
COMMUNITY groups are being encouraged to follow Nesting’s lead and explore acquiring Shetland Islands Council property under new legislation.
THREE Shetland projects are vying for votes in a national competition which will distribute funding to good causes across the country.
THE OLD Nesting school has moved one step closer to becoming a community asset complete with childcare facilities, a gym and workshop space.
TWO war memorials which have been locked away in a closed Yell church could be reopened to the public again by moving to another chapel on the island.
THE CHURCH of Scotland has revealed the names of the 20 churches it intends to close in Shetland over the next few years.
THE CUNNINGSBURGH Village Club is set to stay open for the time being as a crowdfunding campaign is launched to raise money for the cash-strapped building.
A TEN year old girl from Brae Primary School is set to have a drawing used on the cover of the programme for this winter’s pantomime after winning a hotly contested competition.
A NEW Church of Scotland minister who will oversee the transition of Shetland from a multi-parish presbytery to a single parish has been appointed.
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