THE DEMOLITION of council flats in the lanes area of Lerwick is edging closer after a contract went to tender for the work.

A NUMBER of green-fingered town residents have been recognised in Lerwick Community Council’s latest gardening competition.

A FIFTY one year old man has died after a single vehicle crash on Papa Stour on Friday. Police Scotland said that the man was ...

THE INTRODUCTION of an air departure tax (ADT) on international flights departing the Highlands and Islands is not expected ...

SHETLAND will stay with you for a lifetime”. Pupils from a school in the north of England have been overawed after an ...

Maggie Sandison's recent defence of the Shetland Development Charter makes a number of important legal points. She is quite right to explain that ...

SHETLAND Islands Council spent nearly £7 million on ferry maintenance during the last financial year - with the Bluemull ...

A NEW church could be built in Cunningsburgh under plans submitted to Shetland Islands Council. The United Free Church of Scotland is looking to erect a new church and parking on a plot of grass at ...

MONITORING of watercourses around the Viking Energy wind farm is only to be continued in areas affected by the development’s ...

PLANNED cuts to payments for coastguard volunteers have been paused by the UK Government in a “major win” for rescue officers. The UK Government announced this morning (Thursday) that it had agreed to ...

FUNDRAISERS who scaled the UK’s tallest mountain on Monday in memory of the late Amy Arthur say the support from folk who ...

Several correspondents have slammed Shetland Islands Council’s (SIC) “Shetland Development Plan” as wordy and meaningless and chief executive ...