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THE FUTURE of Lerwick’s tourist office will be discussed behind closed doors at a council meeting next week. A local bid has been submitted to buy the building outright, Shetland Tourism Association ...
FOR ME, Shetland isn’t just an internationally successful BBC One drama series; it’s also a community which has, over the last eight years, warmly welcomed our cast and crew with open arms. Somewhere ...
COUNCILLORS on the planning committee will be recommended to give the green light to a contentious substation on the ...
CONSTRUCTION work for the battery storage system proposed for Lerwick could get underway by the end of April, according to documents lodged with the planning service. A construction traffic management ...
EARLY estimates have suggested that Shetland Islands Council could receive £400,000 from SSE Renewables for road repairs ...
TRANSPORT Scotland is gauging interest from companies who may be interested in bidding for the contract to run the Northern ...
TWO Shetland teams are heading to London this week to join 270 other boats in a 21.6 miles rowing race on the river Thames. The race starts on Saturday lunchtime in Millwall, beside Canary Wharf in ...
KITTIWAKE, arctic skua and arctic tern (tirricks) have shown “particularly drastic population crashes” in Shetland, a nature ...
WHAT was promoted as the UK’s “most productive onshore wind farm” is turning out to be one of the country’s most poorly ...
A LERWICK bike library for some primary and secondary school age children is one of a number of active travel projects being ...
LINDA Gray should be daunted. She has a to-do list that could unfurl and wind its way around the near two acre site at Lea ...
A FLOTILLA of five historic vessels will arrive in Shetland early next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World ...