WATCH: ‘Tis the season to be jolly
Christmas decorations have gone up on houses, businesses, boats – and even a phone box. This phone box in Bridge End in Burra must be…
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Fair Isle shrouded in mist and moonlight
This stunning shot of Fair Isle shrouded in mist and moonlight was taken from the Hrossey on a recent crossing. Second mate Shayne MacFaull captured…
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WATCH: Kirk lights up for Christmas
A dazzling Christmas lights display which mixes the nativity and Shetland’s maritime heritage awaits visitors to Bridge End Kirk in Burra.
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WATCH: Christmas Tractor Run lights up streets of Lerwick
Shetland Young Farmers’ Christmas Tractor Run lit up the streets of Lerwick. Families lined the roads on the route to watch as the colourful parade…
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WATCH: Freya the walrus is spotted in West Mainland
This wandering walrus has been creating quite a spectacle after rocking up in West Mainland. The magnificent creature, thought to weigh three quarters of a…
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Santa switches lights on as Christmas parade makes welcome return
Santa Claus swapped his sleigh for the lifeboat today (Saturday) as he lit up Lerwick’s tree in the Living Lerwick Christmas parade. Vikings, Olaf from…
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Final call for calendar photo entries
Keen photographers have less than a week to enter their submissions for The Shetland Times 2022 calendar. The closing date for entries is this Friday…
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Mail delivery is back on track
After several days without a mail delivery, the first mail carrier since Thursday arrived at Sumburgh Airport this morning (Monday). A scheduled air delivery was…
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IN PHOTOS: Snowy scenes around Lerwick
Residents woke up to snowy scenes in Lerwick today (Sunday). Have you been out enjoying the snow? Send your photos to [email protected] and we’ll publish…
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Town hall lit red ahead of Remembrance Sunday
The Lerwick Town Hall was lit red last night (Friday) ahead of Remembrance Sunday. Shetland Islands Council joined the ‘Light Up Red’ event, with the…
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Photographer captures stunning shot of orca sending porpoise flying
Photographer Peter Tinkler captured this incredible picture of a female orca sending her prey flying on Friday afternoon. The shot shows a porpoise, also known…
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VIDEO: Visit the Hallowe’en House…if you dare!
Visitors to Krista and Colin Tulloch’s house this week are in for a real fright. The couple have transformed their home, in Hardbrakes Place, Dunrossness,…
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‘Heart-breaking’ find of two dead gannets on Yell beach
A woman from Yell has described making a “very sad discovery” after she found two dead gannets tangled together on her local beach on Friday
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In this week’s Shetland Times
In today’s (Friday, 1st October) edition of The Shetland Times: EXCLUSIVE – Almost a third of NHS Shetland sickness absences have been due to stress…
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