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Usual service resumes to Whalsay Health Centre
Normal service has resumed at Whalsay Health Centre after the island was left without a GP over the weekend.
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Tingwall Airport to close in May 2025
Tingwall Airport is scheduled to close for a month next May for resurfacing, councillors heard in a committee meeting Monday. The move will mean inter-island…
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Contractors sought for £10m Cullivoe road project
Contractors have been invited to bid for the the long-awaited Cullivoe road project, which is expected to cost almost £10m.
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Book launch raises cash for Red Cross
The work of the Red Cross in safeguarding prisoners of war has been commemorated at the Shetland Library, with the launch of a new book
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Single vessel for Fetlar and Unst in the New Year
Fetlar and Unst will have a single vessel for the first two weeks of 2025 due to “unplanned changes” in the dry-docking schedule. Both the Geira…
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POLL: Is the NorthLink ferry service in ‘crisis’?
NorthLink has rejected claims made by the Shetland Labour Party this week that its ferry service was in crisis.
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In this week’s Shetland Times
In today’s (Friday, 21st November) edition of The Shetland Times: Click here to get The Shetland Times delivered to your device every Friday morning.
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Storm Bert to cause disruption on NorthLink ferries
Passengers on the NorthLink ferries this weekend can expect disruption across all services this weekend, with storm Bert forecast to batter the isles. The operator…
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Crack addict jailed for smuggling heroin worth £25k
A 43-year-old crack addict who smuggled heroin into Shetland to pay off a drug debt has been jailed.
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Drug couriers behind bars as their partners give birth
Two drug couriers have been handed lengthy prison sentences leaving their partners to raise newborn babies alone.
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‘Words fail me’ – town and country clash over plans to give Lerwick more cash
Town and country representatives clashed over proposals to award more funding to Lerwick Community Council.
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Almost 200 pupils were absent for most of a school term
The number of pupils failing to achieve at least 80 per cent school attendance increased to almost 200 last year.
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Inspectors find teaching and learning to be ‘weak’ at Brae school
Inspectors found learning, teaching and assessment at Brae school to be “weak”.
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‘Crisis’ at NorthLink, Labour warns
A crisis is brewing aboard NorthLink’s ferries, the Labour party’s Shetland branch has warned.
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