Campaign seeks to keep people safe following spike in sexual assault reports around Up-Helly-Aa
A rise in sexual assaults reported during the fire festival season has sparked a new community initiative urging people to stay safe.
Category: News of Shetland
Council seeks permission to crush 6,000 tonnes of excavated rock at the Knab
Around 6,000 tonnes of rock excavated during the Knab redevelopment could be crushed on site as part of plans to reduce waste.
Reviews Yule Gadderie delivers a magical ‘full body musical massage’ – Shetland News
Reviews Yule Gadderie delivers a magical ‘full body musical massage’ Shetland News
Sheriff ‘struggles to understand’ lack of funding for Dogs Against Drugs – Shetland News
Sheriff ‘struggles to understand’ lack of funding for Dogs Against Drugs Shetland News
Police Injured man taken to hospital after Lerwick incident – Shetland News
Police Injured man taken to hospital after Lerwick incident Shetland News
Council seeks permission to crush 6,000 tonnes of excavated rock at the Knab – Shetland Times
Council seeks permission to crush 6,000 tonnes of excavated rock at the Knab Shetland Times
NATURE: One of the rarest breeding birds in Britain eat their own feathers to filter out fish bones
Unusually, a puffin has also been recorded in Quendale Bay.
REVIEW: Saga translation ‘supersedes all its predecessors’
Shetland archivist Brian Smith reviews Judith Jesch’s new translation of The Saga of the Earls of Orkney.
‘Dangerous precedent’ – politicians condemn new landing requirements which pelagic fishermen warn could change the family owned fleet for ever
Pelagic fishermen and politicians have rallied against new requirements to increase the quota of mackerel and herring landed at Scottish ports.
REVIEW: The Saga of the Earls of Orkney, translated by Judith Jesch, ‘supersedes all its predecessors’ – Shetland Times
REVIEW: The Saga of the Earls of Orkney, translated by Judith Jesch, ‘supersedes all its predecessors’ Shetland Times