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Local Green councillor Alex Armitage offers his views on why he is taking a stand against the proposed Rosebank oil field to the west of Shetland

AN INVESTIGATION into the fatal man overboard incident on a Shetland trawler in 2021 has resulted in a recommendation being made to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to amend regulations around fishing boats having the means to recover an unconscious person from the...

THIRTY seven pupils from nine local schools attended Lerwick Town Hall today (Monday) for annual presentations to junior road safety officers (JRSOs). The pupils, all in primary six, each have a role in their school to promote road safety awareness to everyone in the school and...

IT HAS already been hosting visitors from across the world since May, but the new Scalloway Caravan Park enjoyed its formal opening earlier today (Saturday). Shetland’s political representatives Alistair Carmichael and Beatrice Wishart were due to undertake the ribbon cutting,...

SHETLAND’S third Living Well Hub will open next week at Speldiburn in the old Bressay school. The existing hubs are located in Brae and Scalloway at the youth and community centres. They offer drop-in services for those requiring information about health and care support in...

A SCALLOWAY cafe and bar has successfully applied to change its alcohol licence to allow drinking in its outdoor seating area - but some concern was raised over the proximity to the road. The permitted hours for the outdoor area at the Cornerstone will be 11am to 9pm Monday to...

Al fresco drinking and dining proposals have conjured up a cosmopolitan vision of “Scalloway-sur-Mer”.

THE UNUSUAL sight of a fire festival procession in the middle of summer will come to Scalloway this July as Vikings from across Shetland team up for a one-off event. The procession, featuring 2023 jarl squads from Shetland, will be held on Tuesday 25 July as a warm-up for the...

THE 80-year-old has been a familiar face around Shetland’s jazz scene since 2008, but now Jeff Merrifield is stepping down as lead trustee at local promoter Jazz and World Sounds (JAWS) due to ill health. The Englishman has now called the isles his home for 15 years. “I came...

CAST and crew of the crime drama Shetland will be in East Burra as well as Spiggie beach tomorrow (Thursday). The access road to the beach at Spiggie, also known as Scousburgh Sands, will be closed from 4pm until 10pm. Shooting will also take place in Burra on the same day....