Parents urged to take children for flu vaccine
Parents are being urged to take their children for their flu vaccination. Latest figures for the isles show almost half (47 per cent) of those aged 65 or over, over a quarter of pregnant women (26 per...
View ArticleTenth Shetland Sports Awards gets under way
The 10th Shetland Sports Awards gets under way tonight when the Sportsperson of the Year will be revealed. Athletes, volunteers and officials will be celebrated at the prestigious annual ceremony,...
View ArticleWills criticises trust’s Stalinist approach
The “bureaucratic procedures” of the charitable trust have been compared to those of Joseph Stalin by trustee Jonathan Wills. Dr Wills comments follow a meeting of the charitable trust yesterday, where...
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Fireman Jim to hang up his uniform after more than 40 years of service
A retained fireman is hanging up his uniform after more than 40 years of service. Jim Moar, 63 will have his last shift at Lerwick Fire Station on Tuesday – after signing up as bright-eyed 18-year-old...
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Sporting stars shine at Shetland Sports Awards
Isles sporting success was celebrated with hundreds of folk a the Clickimin tonight with strongman Dhanni Moar lifting the Sportsperson of the Year award at the 10th annual Shetland Sports Awards. Moar...
View ArticleHelicopter makes emergency landing
Emergency services were called to Sumburgh Airport on Friday night after a North Sea Helicopter lost power to one of its engines with 16 people on board. It was redirected to Sumburgh while travelling...
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Sounding Off: A ‘Papa perspective’ allows us take the long view on global...
Thor Holt was raised in Papa Stour and now runs a communication business serving the oil, education and entrepreneurial sectors. He is a trained actor and now delivers “presentation masterclasses”...
View ArticleFestive cheer comes to Lerwick with Christmas parade
It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas as excited bairns and shoppers enjoyed a festive procession in Lerwick this afternoon. Santa swapped his traditional chimney arrival for a lifeboat before...
View ArticleTrookers’ radio success
Punchy pop/rockers Trookers have hit the the airwaves with their melodious Minute Steak. The group released the catchy tune earlier this month, with new Scottish music buff Jim Gellatly giving it a...
View ArticleCollege vice principal takes NHS post
NHS Shetland has appointed the vice principal of Shetland College and the NAFC Marine Centre to its board. Andy Glen spent 10 years as an organisational development and training manager at the health...
View ArticleHeroic rescue sees port controller Leith jump into harbour at night
Lerwick Port Authority’s on duty port control officer Ryan Leith used his own initiative and sea swimming experience when he went to the aid of a man in his twenties who got into difficulty after going...
View ArticleOffshore worker fined for racially aggravated assault
An offshore worker was fined nearly £1,000 on Tuesday after he admitted a racially aggravated assault on a bouncer when trying to get into Da Wheel Bar in Lerwick. Tysen Carthy, of Primrose Lane,...
View ArticleCash stolen from Bike Project
Police in Shetland are appealing for information following a break-in and theft from the Bike Project on Commercial Road in Lerwick Police Scotland said that the break-in was between 4pm yesterday and...
View ArticleTalking sport … by Jim Tait
It was a glitzy night at Clickimin on Friday evening as Shetland’s top talent once again assembled for the annual sports awards bash. Strongman Dhanni Moar and volleyball player Edward Oldbury picked...
View ArticleToft pier, a bureaucratic burden and a very happy strongman
• Isles shell fishermen are up in arms after decision is made to close Toft pier • A bureaucratic burden could be placed on education officials by governance review • Four more candidates have decided...
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School chiefs fear regional boards will heap on the pressure
A bureaucratic burden could be placed on education officials as the Scottish government carries out a review of its governance procedures in education, Hayfield officials and elected representatives...
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‘Unsafe’ pier closed prompting fury from isles shell fishermen
Isles shell fishermen are up in arms after Toft pier in the North Mainland was deemed unsafe and Shetland Islands Council has decided to close it. The council announced this week that the pier was not...
View ArticleChildren given prizes after names chosen for new SIC gritters
You might be reassured to see the likes of Winter Warrior, Snow Angel, or Sir Saats-a-lot while out on the road this winter. The imaginative names are just some of those picked as prize-winning...
View ArticleNorwegian sea cadets visit isles on sail training venture
A group of Norwegian sea cadets have been visiting the isles as part of a tour onboard the sail-training vessel, Statsraad Lehmkuhl. The class of 77 from the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy today paid...
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Special look for collecting sheet
It’s a special collecting sheet for next year’s Lerwick Up-Helly-A’ jarl-elect Lyall Gair, reflecting his job as a joiner. The budding Viking visited The Shetland Times office at Gremista with...
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