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Towards the east, bringing showery outbreaks of rain and continuing to ferment through the afternoon. you can see how sporadic the showers are. it will brighten up across western scotland and northern ireland and elsewhere we will see holes punched in the cloud with temperatures of 15 in lerwick, 20 in glasgow and 27 in norwich. this evening we see the back edge of the rain move away and then a new band comes in from the south—west, moving across wales, the midlands and into scotland and out o...

A MAN from Lerwick has been remanded in custody until next month after admitting behaving in a threatening or abusive manager in a town takeaway. Scott Anderson, of Hoofields, appeared from custody at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Monday. The 32-year-old admitted behaving in a...

POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Echoing down the corridors of eastern Ukraine’s Pokrovsk Perinatal Hospital are the loud cries of tiny Veronika.Born nearly two months prematurely weighing 3 pounds, 4 ounces, the infant receives oxygen through a nasal tube to help her breathe while ultraviolet lamps inside an incubator treat her jaundice.Dr.

SCOTTISH Government ministers are to decide on the fate of an application for planning permission in principle for a new house near the Clickimin Broch in Lerwick. Scottish ministers have decided to ‘call in’ the application because of the “potential significant adverse...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The city of Richmond is holding its first gun buyback.The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that more than a dozen cars arrived early Saturday for the event.The city offered gift cards ranging from $25 to $250 depending on the class of firearms, which they could spend on goods such as clothing, groceries and other items.Participants were asked to arrive in

Further south we are looking at between 19 and 23. as we head on through the evening and overnight, still a few showers banging away across the far south—east of the country. still cloud, mist, murk, light rain and drizzle. we are looking at clearer skies. these are the overnight lows. maggie in the south—east. if you are in newcastle it would be 8 degrees. 0n south—east. if you are in newcastle it would be 8 degrees. on thursday a lot of dry weather around. still cloud at times in the sou...

A MAN from Ollaberry who drove while disqualified and forced an oncoming vehicle onto the roadside verge to avoid collision has been banned from driving for 12 months. Liam Johnson, of Runnadale, was also put under supervision for 15 months and told to carry out 120 hours of...

GRIEVANCES over access to land resulted in a fine for a Dunrossness woman when her case called at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday morning. Sandra Irvine, of Boddam, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault aggravated by theft. The 59-year-old admitted repeatedly grabbing the...

Police allege that the driver of the vehicle in the crash later killed a woman in nearby Nescopeck and the county coroner identified her as his 56-year-old mother.

The car plowed into a crowd of people who were gathered for an all-day community event to raise money for victims of a deadly house fire, police said.