Dales Lees News Today

A MAN has been taken to hospital this morning (Wednesday) following a two vehicle accident on the A968 at the north end of Dales Lees. The road traffic collision was reported to emergency services shortly after 8.15am. A police spokesperson confirmed a short while ago that the...

THE A968 road between Voe and Firth, known as the Dales Lees, will reopen to through traffic from 5pm today (Monday). The road was closed on 19 December following a thaw, which saw three separate landslides along this stretch of road. Council staff and contractors have since...

Commuters are being braced for a day of disruption to road and transport services due to strong winds and landslides.

THE A968 road between Voe and Firth in the north mainland of Shetland has been closed again, this time because of a landslide. Access for local residents to their homes is still possible. The land slide half the way up Dales Lees is reported to be blocking more than half the...

Weather and travel across the region is broadly better in the east, and due to higher temperatures it will be milder.

More should be done to protect Shetland's otters from being killed by traffic, a biologist has argued after a tragic week on local roads.

DRIVERS are being reminded to keep an eye out for wildlife on the road after a number of dead otters were reported. Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary said a total of five otters have been reported this morning (Monday) on the A970 between Girlsta and Brae. The sanctuary said certain...