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A TRIAL involving a young man charged with causing serious injury by careless driving had to be adjourned until February next year as a result of the cancellation of this morning’s flight from Edinburgh. Lerwick Sheriff Court heard that Ethan Tulloch’s solicitor was unable...

SCOTT Goudie has been elected as the latest committee member for the Lerwick Up Helly Aa. It means he will take on the guizer jarl role in 2039. Goudie was given the committee role at Up Helly Aa’s mass meeting on Tuesday night. The 33-year-old said Up Helly Aa has been a...

A WOMAN from Boddam is to spend the next fortnight in prison after continuing to question the jurisdiction of Lerwick Sheriff Court. Sandra Irvine was led away in handcuffs following a hearing at the court on Wednesday. The hearing was held as a means enquiry to assess the...

A MAN has been given a lengthy prison sentence and a five-year non-harassment order for a number of domestic offences. Scott Anderson, whose address was given as Grampian Prison, appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday from custody via video link for sentencing. The...

The Israeli military intensified airstrikes in Gaza including near its largest hospital, and another hospital was damaged by bombardment close by.

Israeli forces conducted another ground raid in Gaza in advance of an expected invasion of the Hamas-ruled territory that the country's defense minister said would come soon. U.S. warplanes, meanwhile, struck targets in eastern Syria after attacks on U.S. forces by Iran-backed fighters, adding to regional tensions fueled by the 3-week-old Gaza war.The Palestinian death toll

BOTH of Shetland’s parliamentarians have praised the dedication and commitment of lifeboat volunteers and helicopter crews in last week’s challenging conditions. MSP Beatrice Wishart has lodged a parliamentary motion at Holyrood commending the Lerwick RNLI lifeboat crew for...

THERE was a road-vehicle road accident near the Lerwick Power Station earlier this afternoon (Tuesday). Police received reports of the incident at around 2.45pm. A Police Scotland spokesperson said there are no reports of any injuries, adding that the vehicles have been...

A TRIAL has been set for later this year after a man from the Greater Manchester area pleaded not guilty to assaulting a woman in Lerwick last week. Christopher Glover, of Stephen Street, Bury, appeared from custody at the town’s sheriff court on Monday. The 38-year-old was...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two Vatican trials are coming to a head this week and posing uncomfortable questions for the Holy See, given they both underscore Pope Francis’ power as an absolute monarch and the legal, financial and reputational problems that can arise when he wields it.On Wednesday, the Vatican’s former in-house auditor was in court for a hearing in his 9.3 million euro