Bressay Development News Today

  Currently a part-time post – full-time or job share from spring. Hourly rate - £12 This is a great opportunity to join our friendly team at Speldiburn and help run our busy café and visitor destination in Bressay (20min walk from the ferry). Speldiburn Cafe provides...

THERE has been traffic disruption in and around Quarff following heavy snow showers this afternoon (Friday). Drivers were left in a long tailback after a vehicle became stuck on the road. Shetland Islands Council said a gritter was in attendance to lay salt on the road and get...

SHETLAND MSP Beatrice Wishart has been named MSP Nature Champion of the Year 2022 by Scottish environment network LINK. Wishart was nominated by Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) for her work championing protection of the orca. In May, the MSP highlighted the serious impacts...

IT LOOKS as though Lerwick North and Bressay is the first council ward to have a contest after two more candidates came forward to stand in the May election. Lerwick community councillor Arwed Wenger and retired dentist Ian Tinkler have both declared their intention to represent...

THE CONTINUOUSLY high Covid numbers in Shetland show no sign of abating with another 72 recorded confirmed cases over the last 24 hours, adding to a tally of 543 cases over the last seven days. Shetland’s incidence rate per 100,000 population at 2,374 continues to be three...

http://shet.news/5oxno Copied! THREE projects in Shetland have been awarded a total of £132,000 from a fund designed to support the “green recovery” from Covid-19 in the Scottish islands. The NAFC Marine Centre has secured £75,000 for innovation equipment for shellfish harvesting. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has also contributed £110,000 in match funding for the project. 3 of 14Adverts Bressay Development Trust has been awarded £34,000 which will go towar...