Brimful of nostalgia, Catherine’s book remembers a different way of life

The Scalloway Museum was the venue on Tuesday evening for the launch of Catherine Emslie’s book A Shetland Childhood.

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Helicopter and Aith lifeboat both called out last night

The Sumburgh-based coastguard helicopter was called out last night to airlift a sick oil worker from the Thistle Alpha platform.

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Review: SCO delivers vivid musical firework

THE Scottish Chamber Orchestra has been visiting Shetland intermittently for about 30 years: touring Scotland is one of its prime functions, and this year the deployment of its 24 strong string ensemble, under the direction of violinist Alexander Janiczek, has enabled the orchestra to tour Shetland itself – at Aith in the West Mainland, Burravoe in Yell, and at Mareel in Lerwick.

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Something for all the family in Brae

THERE will be an action-packed series of activities in Brae this weekend as the north mainland village showcases all it as to offer.

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Mackay runs for Scotland

SHETLAND athlete Seamus Mackay has been chosen to represent Scotland in the 800-metre distance at the U18 Celtic Games, to be held in Dublin on 5 August.

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Freeview retuning warning

TELEVISION viewers in Shetland have been reminded that they may have to retune their Freeview equipment next week.

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Keel laid at Malakoff for new Kerrera ferry

Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) held a keel-laying ceremony in Lerwick this week at the Malakoff boat yard to mark the start of the build of the new Kerrera ferry.

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Man obsessed with child pornography jailed

A fifty eight year old man who admitted possessing hundreds of thousands of indecent images of children with intent to distribute has been sent to jail for more than four years. Stephen Bell of Sandside Road, Mossbank, was also handed an additional non custodial sentence of four years, placed on the sex offender register for an indefinite period of time, and placed under a sexual offences prevention order which will closely monitor his use of the internet.

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Sex offender jailed after he was found with tens of thousands of indecent images

A sex offender found with tens of thousands of indecent images of children is beginning a prison sentence of over four years. Stephen Bell, 58, of Sandside Road, Mossbank, previously admitted having pornographic photos of youngsters. He intended the images to be distributed or shown to others. Bell also confessed to taking, or permitting to […]

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Viking redundancies

THE company behind plans to build a large wind farm in the central mainland of Shetland has made half of its staff redundant after it became clear that the project would not progress before early 2019.

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We took the feedback (Christine Ourmieres-Widener)

I would like to take this opportunity to thank most sincerely all those who took the time out of their day on 17th July to join Flybe and Eastern Airways at the recent meeting we held in Lerwick.

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Sick crewman airlifted to hospital in bad weather

A sick crewman had to be airlifted to hospital by the coastguard helicopter last night in a journey hampered by bad weather. The man was on board the offshore supply ship Vos Innovator, 100 miles northeast of Lerwick, when he became unwell. A call was made to the coastguard at 9.45pm. Bad weather meant the […]

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Planning obstacles (Vic Thomas)

Shetland Islands Council's planning and building control, be it the interpretation of Scottish planning guidelines or the Local Plan, is working against Shetland.

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Flybe pledge, Viking Energy redundancies, and Stuart Hill refuses to send expenses

In The Shetland Times this week… • Flybe says it’s in for the long haul after coming under fire from airline rival Loganair as they go head-to-head for passengers. • Viking Energy has paid off two if its staff members as it continues to wait for Westminster to reach a decision on support for island […]

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TV series to document emergency services

SHETLAND's emergency and health services are to be subject of a new BBC One documentary series which is currently being filmed in the isles. The ten-part series, which could air at the end of the year or in early 2018, will focus on how services such as the NHS, ambulance and the coastguard work in tandem in the isles.

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Gadderie’s new show explores relationship with the sea

Da Gadderie in the Shetland Museum is set to host a multi-screen and sound installation exploring aspects of Shetland's relationship with the sea.

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Mark Wylie: nurturing talent and sport success

Thor speaks to Mark Wylie, award winning trampoline and gymnastics coach originally from Shetland, and now running skylinetrampoline.co.uk in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.

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Northern Isles ferry tendering further delayed

LOCAL politicians have called on the Scottish Government to give a clear timeframe after it emerged that the current Northern Isles lifeline ferry contract will have to be further extended. In a written parliamentary answer on Thursday, Scottish transport minister Humza Yousaf confirmed that the current review "on the future approach to the procurement of lifeline ferry services" would take longer than initially expected.

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Fight left man unconscious

A MAN who knocked out another man in a Lerwick scuffle who had remonstrated with him about an assault he previously committed has been fined.

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Court: motoring offences

A NEW driver from Lerwick has been placed on the cusp of having his licence revoked after he admitted driving at excessive speeds in Scalloway last year.

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