The Covid-19 lockdown could worsen fuel poverty for older and vulnerable folk, an isles politician has warned. Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston raised…
READ FULL STORYSome pupils could be returning to schools in Shetland later this month, according to a letter sent to parents and carers. Helen Budge, director of…
READ FULL STORYThe family of a woman killed in a helicopter crash off Shetland are “dismayed” that video conferencing technology will be used to conduct the inquiry…
READ FULL STORYShetland Islands Council has issued a plea for road users to take care as traffic volumes pick up.
READ FULL STORYA salmon farming company is putting a new £1.9 million vessel into operation to help safeguard the health and welfare of its fish.
READ FULL STORYA preliminary hearing into a Shetland helicopter crash which killed four people gets underway tomorrow (Friday). The Super Puma crashed near Sumburgh on its way…
READ FULL STORYAround 200,000 parr (juvenile salmon) were lost after a fire broke out at Grieg Seafood’s hatchery in Girlsta on Wednesday afternoon. The rest of the…
READ FULL STORYThe coastguard helicopter was scrambled early on Thursday morning after a fishing vessel with five crew started taking on water 37 miles north of Unst….
READ FULL STORYEmergency services were called after a fire broke out at Grieg Seafood’s hatchery in Girlsta on Wednesday afternoon. Two appliances from Lerwick fire station and…
READ FULL STORYA 20-year-old from Mid Yell has won a national award for being the fundraiser of the year. Nicole Hughson was announced as the winner of…
READ FULL STORYSeafood processors have received £5.6 million in grants from the Scottish government. The government’s Seafood Resilience Fund was launched in April to assist processors that…
READ FULL STORYThe number of excess deaths in Shetland was 26 per cent above average over the last three months, according to the National Records of Scotland…
READ FULL STORYA restaurant owner has warned businesses may face a very different future to the one they had been expecting prior to the coronavirus pandemic.
READ FULL STORYMore must be done to help Hongkongers facing political pressure from the Chinese government, Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael has said. Mr Carmichael welcomed announcements that…
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