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The biggest housing development of the decade is finally set to start following a £20 million funding announcement.

Increasing the speed of building new affordable homes across Shetland will be a difficult task according to the chief executive of Hjaltland Housing Association (HHA). Bryan Leask was speaking after the association’s new £6.25 million Berryview scheme, in Scalloway, was...

WORK to create the infrastructure required to build around 300 affordable homes at Staney Hill will get under way next month after the Scottish Government confirmed it will pay for the £20 million project. Social landlord Hjaltland Housing Association announced on Tuesday that...

SCALLOWAY and Trondra will be ringing with the sound of music this weekend as two ‘Oinkfest’ gigs take place - showcasing a range of local music whilst raising money for charity too. The somewhat unusual name harks back to the outdoor Pigstock event Dave Kok usually puts on...

THE AITH Lifeboat was called out early on Tuesday morning after a local fishing boat suffered engine problems to the west of Shetland. Lifeboat volunteers left Aith on board the RNLI Charles Lidbury soon after being alerted at 9am, steaming to an area five miles north of Foula...

THE PROCESS of choosing the Junior Up Helly Aa jarl for 2024 begins today (Wednesday). Applications are now open for anyone in secondary two at the Anderson High School. Forms can be requested by emailing juhasecretary@btinternet.com or through social media. Yesterday saw the...

UHI Shetland is looking to move away from using heating oil - and aims to reduce the distance its vehicle fleet covers - as it figures out a way to cut its emissions over the coming years. Like many other organisations, the college is aiming to achieve net zero on its...

Some centres and pools will no longer be open seven days a week

WARNING: this story contains some graphic detail. A MAN who “took the law into his own hands” and severed another man's pinkie finger off with a knife has been warned he may face a lengthy custodial sentence. John Johnson, of East Voe, Scalloway, admitted at Lerwick Sheriff...

John Johnson, of Scalloway, placed a 12.5cm knife over his victim's finger and then struck it repeatedly with a claw hammer and cut it off.