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HANOVER TWP. — Berwick-based Wise Foods Inc., the popular potato chip and Cheez Doodle maker, is opening a distribution center along the South Valley Parkway that was originally built to

WASHINGTON (AP) — Within hours of the horrific attack by Hamas, the U.S. began moving warships and aircraft to the region to be ready to provide Israel with whatever it needed to respond.A second U.S. carrier strike group departs from Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday. Scores of aircraft are heading to U.S. military bases around the Middle East. Special operations forces are now

A SECOND objection has been lodged against a proposed battery energy storage system in Lerwick. The latest is from campaign group Sustainable Shetland, which raises concern about fire risk, costs and proximity to housing. It comes after Lerwick Community Council objected...

THE VACANT deckhand role on board the Fair Isle ferry comes with the offer of a modern 2/3 bedroom family home on the island. The National Trust for Scotland, who owns the island, has now embarked on a campaign to attract new residents to the remote community, which is linked to...

LERWICK Port Authority enjoyed a “very positive” increase in traffic in the first half of 2023. It has returned to, or in some cases exceed, pre-Covid levels. There were 2,432 vessel arrivals in the six months to June - an 11 per cent increase overall compared to the same...

A MAN from Newcastle who sexually assaulted a woman in the Trench nightclub on 29 July this year will be sentenced at the end of November. Lerwick Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday how Lewis James Allan asked the woman to dance, which she accepted. Procurator fiscal Duncan...

A MAN wept today (Thursday) as he was sent to prison following his conviction for raping a woman and molesting another female. Jack Johnson, 32, carried out the sexual assaults on his two victims at addresses in Lerwick in 2017 and 2021. Johnson raped one woman after she had...

BANGKOK (AP) — A shooter opened fire inside a major shopping mall in the center of Thailand’s capital Tuesday afternoon, killing at least two people before being apprehended, authorities said.Police said a suspect was taken into custody less than an hour after the first reported gunshots at the Siam Paragon Mall, long been seen as one of Bangkok's biggest and most upscale

A YOUNG sex offender from Burra has been sent to jail for 32 months in what was described as an “exceptional” and “disturbing” case of child abuse. Ross Anderson, of Bridge End, pleaded guilty to a charge of possession thousands of indecent images and videos over a six...

A REPEAT drug offender was jailed for more than five years today (Tuesday) after police found heroin, cocaine and cash during a search of his home. Officers arrived at Ebrahim Hassan's address in Bakland, Lerwick earlier this year with a search warrant after receiving...