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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Abortions after 15 weeks would be banned in Florida under a bill Republican senators sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis late Thursday, capping a bitter debate in the statehouse as a looming U.S.

A Berwick couple will be jailed in federal prison for victimizing about 70 of their neighbors in Luzerne and Columbia counties through an identity theft and credit card scheme, the

THE START of the 2022 cruise ship season has been delayed for a third time due to the weather. The 229m Viking Venus was set to call into Lerwick this morning (Thursday) but her captain decided to bypass Shetland and head onwards to Norway as a result of the weather. The next...

HELSINKI (AP) — Through the Cold War and the decades since, nothing could persuade Finns and Swedes that they would be better off joining NATO — until now.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has profoundly changed Europe’s security outlook, including for Nordic neutrals Finland and Sweden, where support for joining NATO has surged to record levels.A poll commissioned by Finnish

A TWENTY four year old woman has been fined £320 after admitting shouting and swearing at police officers in a homophobic and racially aggravated manner. Patricia Doyle, of Lerwick’s Nordavatan, admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner in an incident at the...

Kyiv, bracing for a potentially catastrophic Russian attack, is the spiritual heart of Ukraine.Among the sites at risk in the Ukrainian capital are the nation's most sacred Orthodox shrines, dating back nearly 1,000 years to the dawn of Christianity in the region.The sites, along with other landmark shrines in Kyiv, are religiously significant to both Ukrainian Orthodox and

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 1 million people have fled Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, in the swiftest refugee exodus this century, the United Nations said Thursday, as Moscow said it was ready for more talks to end fighting even as its forces pressed their assaults on the country’s second-largest city and two strategic seaports.The tally the U.N. refugee agency

A THIRTY nine year old man who admitted committing sexual assaults against two teenagers, one aged under 16 at the time, has been remanded in custody ahead of sentencing. John Masterman, of Leaside, Mossbank, admitted intentionally or recklessly touching the two girls. One of...

A MAN has admitted driving dangerously and causing a crash in Lerwick while more than four times the legal alcohol limit. David MacDonald, of Aird Crescent, Inverness, pleaded guilty to the two offences, which occurred on 13 February last year. He drove dangerously by repeatedly...

LERWICK Town Hall lit up in the colours of the Ukrainian flag on Tuesday evening in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Shetland Islands Council convener Malcolm Bell said the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces has “shocked us all”. “As the military conflict and...