2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (793+ words) An Israeli with ties to Unst has urged the UK government to add “teeth” to its sanctions towards the illegal settlements in the West Bank. Meanwhile the Northern Isles MP praised the “significant step” taken by the foreign secretary to…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (496+ words) The council has proposed radical care sector reforms amid warnings that the current model is unsustainable, would lead to crises for older people and could completely deplete the multi-million pound reserve fund within a decade. A stark report set to…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (309+ words) Public engagement for new NorthLink passenger ferries is expected to begin “sometime next year”. Director of ferries at Transport Scotland, Chris Wilcock, confirmed that public engagement regarding replacements for the Hrossey and Hjaltland could begin “at a very stage in…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (333+ words) Police are monitoring a ‘derelict’ area behind the Lounge after claims of loud music and noise reported by nearby residents were revealed. Anti-social behaviour has been a growing concern in the Lerwick Lanes, and Lerwick Community Council was reassured that…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (481+ words) A specialised police task force is visiting the isles to investigate three serial offenders accused of domestic offences. Domestic Abuse Task Force (DATF) North which is led by Detective Inspector Gordon Pattullo said the team was in Shetland to support…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (694+ words) A subscription service charge could be introduced for the rubbish dump as part of wide-reaching council saving plans aimed to claw back more than £13m over the next three years. The proposal is one of dozens under consideration and is due…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (234+ words) According to Shetland’s MSP, devolving control of energy policy to Holyrood will somehow give Shetland greater control over energy developments. How this might happen has not been made clear. For example, will it resemble the devolved control of health, education,…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (884+ words) Britain will use oil and gas for decades to come. Nobody seriously disputes that. The real question is whether we produce more of what we need ourselves, supporting jobs, tax revenues and energy security, or increasingly import it from elsewhere…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (228+ words) In the 2018 annual report and accounts for Shetland Amenity Trust the “heritage accommodation” at the Bressay lighthouse was described as “extremely popular”. Since then things have gone downhill, to the extent that the trust is now trying to flog off…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (1006+ words) Skerries Primary School has been mothballed following the departure of its only pupil from the isle earlier in the summer. It is the latest blow for a community that has seen a population decline, the closure of its secondary school…...