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A LERWICK community councillor has warned that it would be “sacrilege” if a masterplan for part of the town’s lanes ends up undermining the area’s heritage. Stewart Hay added that he looked forward to “not just consultation, but acknowledgement of the fact that these...

PARIS (AP) — Ring, ring! It's rush hour on Paris' Sébastopol Boulevard, and the congestion is severe — not just gas-guzzling, pollution-spewing, horn-honking snarls but also quieter and greener bottlenecks of cyclists jockeying for space.Until four years ago, motorists largely had the Paris thoroughfare to themselves. Now, its bike-lane jams speak to a cycling revolution that

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congress is starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown — the Senate charging ahead with a bipartisan package to temporarily fund the government but the House slogging through a longshot effort with no real chance of finishing by Saturday's deadline.With days remaining before a federal closure, the stakes are rising with no

A MAN has had his sentence deferred after admitting three charges including assault. Scott Anderson, whose address was given as Grampian Prison, will next appear at Lerwick Sheriff Court on 1 November. At an appearance from custody on Monday the 33-year-old pleaded guilty to...

WORK on installing new accessible equipment in the King George V playpark in Lerwick has been now completed. It is part of five-year improvement programme for playparks by Shetland Islands Council. The new equipment features an ability roundabout, a ‘birds nest’ swing and an...

THE LERWICK Lifeboat came to the aid of a scallop dredger on Tuesday afternoon after it suffered engine problems. The lifeboat was launched at around 3.45pm and reached the 16-metre local vessel Renown 50 minutes later. She was about two and a half nautical miles north of...

LERWICK Port Authority (LPA) has entered into its first collaboration agreement aimed at providing support for the development and operation of a major floating offshore wind farm. It has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ESB, the Irish energy company which is...

THE LONG-term idea of turning the Hayfield House site in Lerwick into a potential housing development has been floated by council officers. The site includes the large, B-listed Hayfield House, which is currently used by Shetland Islands Council as its headquarters for...

THE LERWICK lifeboat was tasked earlier this morning (Monday) to assist the live fish carrier Settler which had broken down with gear box problems east of Mousa. The lifeboat took the 40 metre vessel under tow off Levenwick, arriving back in Lerwick after 9am. Settler was in the...

A 30-year-old man was arrested for breaking into a home and stabbing a man twice on Saturday night.