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FIREFIGHTERS were sent to deal with a hill fire in the Westside on Monday afternoon. Two appliances were sent to the fire on the hills between Sandness and West Burrafirth. A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We were alerted at 4.49pm on Monday, 1 April to...
THE SUBSEA electricity cable to Papa Stour will be replaced after it developed a fault earlier this year. The hope from SSEN is to carry out the work by the end of September. Generators have been brought to the island to ensure stable supply for 20 customers following a fault on...
THE ESTIMATED cost of creating a new Cullivoe road in Yell has now risen to nearly £10 million. The £9.9 million capital estimate is almost double the £5 million figure given in the early stages of the project in 2020. The most recent budget had been £6.3 million. Meanwhile...
MORE than 600 properties in Scalloway, Hamnavoe and Bridgend were without power for up to three hours on Saturday. SSEN Distribution said a fault had occurred in the utility’s overhead network twenty minutes before midday. Engineers went out to restore the fault and by 2.36pm...
THE SUMMER programme of surface dressing on roads throughout Shetland is due to begin soon. Over 80 locations have been identified across the isles for surface dressing to improve the road surface and protect the road from winter frost damage. In some locations, work is only...