Two drug traffickers caught transporting heroin with a street value of £140,000 to Shetland were each jailed for three years and nine months today.
READ FULL STORYThe new Anderson High School is in line to open in three years’ time after the project passed its latest landmark on Tuesday. Members of
READ FULL STORYA man accused of carrying out an assault to severe injury has been released from custody.
READ FULL STORYAn open day next week will seek feedback over a proposed fibre optic cable from Quarff to Maywick.
READ FULL STORYStaffing levels at Shetland Coastguard’s station have apparently reached “crisis point” with at times only two watch officers covering 12-hour shifts.
READ FULL STORYAround two-thirds of social housing tenants in Shetland who have lost out as a result of the bedroom tax’s introduction this year are to be
READ FULL STORYThe eighth annual summit of the Shetland Partnership takes place on Wednesday at Islesburgh Community Centre.
READ FULL STORYRain didn’t stop play at this years’ Big Bannock in North Roe. Despite several doonpoors, the sell-out charity event was a great success and bannock-goers
READ FULL STORYVitamin D deficiency is unlikely to be “the single explanatory factor” for the very high rates of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Orkney and Shetland, according
READ FULL STORYShetland has the lowest rate of child poverty in Scotland, with seven per cent of youngsters living in households below the poverty line, according to
READ FULL STORYThe old folk’s lunch club which formerly met at Freefield but re-located to Islesburgh is now being run by older people’s charity the Royal Voluntary
READ FULL STORYConsultations on whether to shut secondary departments in Aith and Sandwick are to be delayed. Councillors will now make a decision on proposals to introduce
READ FULL STORYResidents in the North Isles are determined to get faster broadband, even if they have to provide it for themselves.
READ FULL STORYDrivers are being urged to be more aware of cyclists on Shetland’s roads amid fresh safety concerns among riders.
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