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A SHETLAND South candidate at the forthcoming council election has floated proposals for a number of community owned projects to help the area to catch up with other communities where local people are already reaping the benefits of community ownership. Stewart Douglas said one...

EMERGENCY services were called out this morning at around 9.50am following a two-vehicle collision at the Black Gaet junction near Gulberwick. Police confirmed a short while ago that three people were taken to hospital for treatment, but it is not known how serious their...

Loganair plane taken out of service following fuel leak

A SHETLAND farm has raised over £2,000 by auctioning off three pairs of lambs in aid of people affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Father and son Robert and Matthew Nicolson of Noss Farm (Shetland) Ltd put the 44kg animals forward for sale at the Shetland Livestock...

In this week's Shetland Times.

LONG-awaited conservation work on Scalloway Castle could get underway this summer. The historic attraction has been shut off to the public for some time due to the condition of parts of the building. A sign on the gate says the area is closed off due to danger of masonry fall....

SHELLFISH and finfish businesses in Shetland are set to benefit from new technology designed to inform optimal and sustainable growth in the aquaculture sector. UHI Shetland has secured £185,000 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to purchase a high-tech...

Fishers from the main North Sea fishing nations have joined forces to improve the scientific surveys that inform international cod quotas.

A STALWART of Scottish Water’s Shetland team is retiring this week after more than 40 years of public service. Bobby Fullerton, 64, from Lerwick, joined the water board in 1981 and marked four decades of continuous service at the end of 2021. Having begun working in the water...

SHETLAND Central elected member Davie Sandison has confirmed he will be standing in the upcoming local council election. Sandison, from Scalloway, has spent the last decade as a councillor. He will continue to act as an independent member if elected in early May. Other publicly...