For Shetlanders and Shetland Interest
‘Profound’ disappointment at failure to introduce ‘golden goodbyes’ potentially worth tens of thousands for councillors who lost their seats Shetland Times
Timeless Shetland revealed in pictures as museum celebrates 150 years of artist The Herald
‘The big scoop’ – Shetland bucks the trend for favourite ice cream flavours Shetland Times
This week’s Times Past features a Home Office raid; a fire at a whaling station and a look back at the 1986 Junior Golf Shetland Open.
It has taken some time for the government to grasp the seriousness of the issue, but we are starting to see some progress.
HM Coastguard received a report from the stricken vessel, which was in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Shetland, at around 1am on Saturday.
Community safety and resilience board chairman Allison Duncan said it had been raised at the latest Sandwick Community Council meeting.
TIMES PAST: Immigrants arrested after raid on takeaways; tug service saved; Shetland to host island games; fishing boat saved from sinking; illegitimate births registered; Fire at whaling Station Shetland Times
OPINION: ‘It feels as though we have the wind at our backs’ in campaign to defend coastguard volunteers from remuneration cuts Shetland Times
Man dies after single vehicle crash on Shetland island bbc.com