Kerrie Meyer News Today

Further to your article Norwegian investors propose large underground salmon farm in the southend (Shetland News, 19 April 2024). Apart from being an unproven...

For those responsible people who enjoy a quaff of malt whisky or a specialised alcoholic beverage which is already expensive enough, to again increase the cost of people's favourite tipple is yet another smack in the teeth. At 15p a unit more, on a 70cl bottle of alcohol that's...

The 2023 varsity girls softball season is well underway, and the Rifle Bears are off to a blazing start.  Rifle hosted the Cedaredge Bruins on Thursday night in the “Battle of the Bears.” The Bears...

ROAD policing motorcyclists were in Shetland over the weekend (16-18 June) and attended at the Simmer Dim Rally, which took place at Ollaberry. Officers spoke with over 150 motorcyclists over the days, as well as carrying out road safety patrols. A total of 30 other vehicles...

PREPARATIONS for the Shetland Pride festival this year are said to be well underway, despite some suggestion to the contrary - whilst the night-time event at Islesburgh is set to be larger this time around. Chairperson Gary Mouat said the committee is “well within the time...

SERCO has been awarded a new £32 million contract by the Ministry of Defence to maintain air defence radars and provide day to day operations of remote radar heads. This includes the radar site at Saxa Vord in Unst. Serco will be the prime contractor for the new contract with...

A SITE visit by a government official to the former Lerwick school building at the centre of a planning appeal will take place later this month. Once the site visit to the science block at the old Anderson High School has been completed, a decision on New Life Shetland’s plans...

PETERSON Energy Logistics has finally confirmed what already had become obvious when the first components for the 443MW Viking Energy wind farm arrived at the Greenhead Base in December last year. The company has been awarded the logistics contract from turbine manufacturer...

“WE DO not and have never engaged in any form of conversion therapy.” That is the message from the pastor of the New Life Shetland John Rollo, who has sought to clarify the church’s stance amid a campaign against its plans to take on a former council building. He also said...

CONCERN over the level of detail around traffic management and parking has seen plans for turning a former Anderson High School building into a centre for a church turned down. New Life Shetland was denied change of use consent at a meeting of Shetland Islands Council’s...