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ACTION plans have been drawn up for two Shetland nurseries after inspection reports highlighted some areas of improvement. They are the Lerwick Early Learning and Childcare facility and the Whalsay nursery. Meanwhile no recommendations or requirements have been issued for the...

A TEENAGER from Shetland’s North Mainland has been put under curfew pending sentencing after admitting a string of motor offences including dangerous driving. Rather than stopping when police in an unmarked vehicle wanted to speak to him because of a faulty headlight at...

A coastguard search and rescue team was called in after a dangerous driver abandoned his partner’s car and ran off in “atrocious” weather.

IN A first for Scotland four shellfish modern apprentices from Blueshell Mussels have started their education at UHI Shetland, undertaking a Level 3 Modern Apprenticeship. UHI Shetland is the only provider in the UK for shellfish modern apprenticeships. Sam Laurenson, workboat...

BBC Radio Shetland is ready to host its annual Children in Need fundraising appeal on Friday night. Almost 80 items have been donated for the popular auction. Ian Smith of Troswick started making model wooden buses for the appeal back in 1985 when he worked as a lighthouse...

THERE appears to be little room for negotiating a better funding deal for further and higher education in Shetland. UHI Shetland, formed two years ago and part of the University or the Highlands network, is facing a £1.2 million deficit. The funding gap is set to lead to...

WREATHS were laid at the war memorial opposite Lerwick Town Hall earlier to mark Remembrance Sunday. Lord Lieutenant Bobby Hunter, Beatrice Wishart MSP and council convener Andrea Manson led the ceremony. A gun salute in the nearby playpark also formed part of the event. There...

A SCHEME offering free Christmas dinner for those needing a little extra help this winter is due to expand this year. The initiative, first launched last year, will now include households in Scalloway as well as Lerwick. Sound Primary School’s very own festive elves Alison...

POLICE say they are investigating reports of damage to a car in Scalloway. A spokesperson also said a stolen vehicle is believed to have been involved in the incident. Officers received a report of a vehicle having caused damage to a parked car, on New Road, Scalloway, at around...

ENGINEERS from SSEN Distribution have been called out several times over the last 48 hours to fix power cuts across Shetland. Around 4,000 homes and businesses in the north of the isles were without power for a time on Wednesday morning after what was described as a “transient...