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A MEMORY bank bringing together new and lost stories from Scottish whalers and their adventures to South Georgia Island is set to be unveiled next week.
HIGH levels” of radon gas have been detected in an area of the Aith Junior High School, leading it to be closed to staff and ...
SHETLAND’S athletes did themselves proud at the Scottish Schools event in Grangemouth over the weekend, snatching a slew of ...
SHETLAND's flag bearer and water carrier for next month's Island Games in Orkney have been announced. Triathlete Lynsey ...
AQUACULTURE company Cooke Scotland says it is investigating the feasibility of developing salmon farms in the Sullom Voe ...
AN ORGAN recital will take place in a kirk in Yell as part of a fundraising drive for building repair and maintenance which could cost more than ...
A PENSIONER from Tresta is taking on a special sailing trip in a 100-year-old fishing boat to raise money for the Viking ...
A NEW community benefit fund is set to deliver around £335,000 over the next four years for projects in Shetland. The fund is ...
THE FORMER police station in Brae has been bought by Shetland Islands Council (SIC) with government funding for possible future development as housing.
Scotland had higher rates of child poverty than England. Today, they’re significantly lower. That is not an accident. It’s the result ...
SHETLAND Pride has returned for its fourth year in a festival of fun, bright colours and a celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community. Pride chairman Gary Mouat had made a plea in the build-up to this year ...
SHETLAND Islands Council’s former children’s service director Helen Budge has been awarded an MBE. She was given the title in the King’s 2025 birthday honours list for services to education. An ...