“The challenge for us is; do we provide a service or do we not? “The consequences for the community of not providing a ...

One councillor says he is ‘irked’ by the language used on the redesigned NorthLink website around cabins on longer sailings ...

NHS SHETLAND has confirmed one of its clinicians is earning around £375,000 a year - making them one of the highest paid ...

ALMOST ONE in six voters in the Northern Isles would cast their vote for Reform UK, a YouGov projection shows. The party is ...

We know how much money can be made from wind farm projects, says Alice Mathewson of North Yell Development Council ...

A NEW acting headteacher has been appointed to lead schools in Sandwick and Fair Isle until the end of the year. Melvyn Clark will perform the dual role at Fair Isle primary, which has two pupils, and ...

Enderby Island is a sub-Antarctic island o 700ha an pairt o da Auckland Island group 320 km tidda suddart o New Zealand idda Antartic Sea. De’r naebodi at bides dere oni mair, bit eence idda 13t ...

ROBOTIC lawnmowers are in operation at the Tingwall graveyard – with ones in Sandwick and Mid Yell expected to start work soon. Shetland Islands Council (SIC) is trialling the mowers in part to see if ...

FROM offering a listening ear to revellers and clearing up broken bottles, to providing flip-flops to women needing a more comfortable walk home. The role of a street pastor is certainly varied, and ...

AN ORCA has died after stranding in Yell Sound. The Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme is arranging sampling and a possible necropsy. Shetland Wildlife’s Hugh Harrop said he matched the right eye ...