Various vacancies
Finance Officer/Manager The Trust wishes to appoint a Finance Officer/ Manager who will have overall responsibility for the day to day finance operations of the organisation. The post-holder will form...
View ArticleHOUSE SITE, LOWER SOUND, LERWICK
This house site offers a truly outstanding panoramic view of the town, Breiwick Bay, the Knab, Bressay and also the Sands of Sound. There is Planning Permission in principle for the erection of a...
View ArticleGreen spin is a disgrace (Robert Sandison)
We are all individual, but for some who never leave the comfort zone their concept of place and perspective is completely different to some who prefer and who enjoy being in the outdoor environment and...
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Quarff cafe and play plans move forward
Pictured at the former school are committee members (from left): Donna Cameron, Fiona Reid, Nicola Smith,Tracey Malcolmson,Kate Holt, Kristina Leask, Stephanie Bain, Shona Wishart and Susan Goodlad....
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Work planned for road at Levenwick
A Garriock Bros lorry toppled off the road at Levenwick last month. Photo: Dave Donaldson Verge improvements, new signs and road markings will be introduced on the notorious stretch of road above...
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Fitness classes raise £15,000 for charities
At the Kalmar barge presentation are (from left): challenge winner John Coward, 73; Brae High School ASN and pupils support principal teacher and participant Logan Nicolson; Bell’s Brae ASN department...
View ArticleWoman killed in car accident
A woman was killed in a vehicle collision earlier today on the main A970 road between Lerwick and Hillswick. Another passenger in the car, believed to be an elderly woman, has been taken to the Gilbert...
View ArticleExpect me to roll over? (Donnie Morrison)
Having just had the opportunity to study Jonathan Wills’ letter I now feel the need to apologise for all the grief I’ve apparently caused him, the Shetland Charitable Trust and the entire Shetland...
View ArticleMythical pot at end of rainbow (Allan Pring)
Ever since the Viking Energy project was first mooted it has been my considered opinion that it had the potential to be a financial disaster for the people of Shetland. As time passes all I see is loss...
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Super night for Uyeasound festival
Guizer Jarl Richard Mouat in front of his burning galley. Photo: John Coutts Friday 13th was certainly lucky for Guizer Jarl Richard Mouat and his squad at this year’s Uyeasound Up-Helly-A’. Some...
View ArticleSouthbound ferry will not leave until tomorrow
Tonight’s southbound sailing of Serco NorthLink’s Hrossey will be delayed until tomorrow morning because of high southerly winds. The ferry was due to leave Lerwick at 7pm tonight but will not now...
View ArticlePolice name woman who died in road accident
Police Scotland have named the woman who died in yesterday’s single-vehicle road accident in Shetland as Brenda Hay, 47, of Skerries. Mrs Hay was the driver of the vehicle, a Mitsubishi Lancer, while a...
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Voe hall vibrates on Valentine’s night
Valentine’s night saw the second of the two Ragged Wood concerts featuring Orkney folk legend Ivan Drever (father of Kris) and hip dude Blue Rose Code which I guess is more mysterious than his real...
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Amenity trust faces 25 per cent maintenance cut
Difficult choices lie ahead for Shetland Amenity Trust as the pot of money used to maintain old buildings such as camping böds and lighthouses could be cut by 25 per cent. That is the view of amenity...
View ArticleSix-hour ferry strike this week
Ferry mates who are members of trade union Unite will continue their strike action this week. There will be a six-hour stoppage on Shetland Islands Council ferries on Wednesday from 5.45am to 11.45am....
View ArticleFire service recruitment process ‘massively improved’
Ways of getting retained firefighters on the books have been streamlined to dramatically cut recruitment times, which could help bring staffing levels at rural stations back up to “optimum levels”. The...
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Eighteenth century sunken treasure goes on display
A new exhibition has been unveiled at Shetland Museum with two displays showcasing finds from the wreck of the Drottningen af Swerige. Wrecked in 1745 off the Knab and within the confines of Lerwick...
View ArticlePort authority awards £11.95 million quay development contract
Lerwick Port Authority has awarded a £11.95 million contract which will see the quay at Dales Voe South extended to 130 metres long. The Scottish business unit of civil engineering contractor BAM...
View ArticleLatest round of ferry strikes suspended
The latest round of ferry mates’ strikes scheduled to take place tomorrow morning have been postponed, according to a joint statement issued by Unite the union and the SIC. Council and union...
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Ambulance service is under funded, says Scott
Ambulance emergency call-outs and the routine workload is as high in Shetland as other rural and island locations across Scotland. However, according to MSP Tavish Scott the Lerwick ambulance station...
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