RECORDED crime figures show a greater increase in Shetland last year than any other local authority area in Scotland. The 2018/19 statistics buck the longer-term trend in falling crime across the ...

SHETLAND Rape Crisis’s Lerwick base is set to get a rebrand as part of this year’s 16 Days of Activism campaign. The building, next to the old swimming pool car park, is now formally called the ...

THE MASSIVE growth in offshore wind developments and the resetting of relationships with the EU could threaten the ...

WITH some parents lobbying for a ban of mobile phones at the Anderson High School and discussions among education officials ongoing about how best to approach the thorny issue, Shetland News wanted to ...

AN “INNOVATIVE” new oral health strategy which aims to improve access to dentistry treatment in Shetland by enhancing the NHS-delivered service has been approved by the local health board. It covers ...

A YELL man with more than 40 years of volunteering is one of five people recognised in the New Year’s Honours list for ...

THE DOORS on reintroducing shared cabins on NorthLink ferries are closed and will remain closed, company chief executive Stuart Garrett confirmed on Tuesday. Garrett was responding to queries from ...

A NEW week-long tour offering a ‘taste of Shetland’ is being organised for next summer in what is thought to be the first of its kind locally. The package holiday will showcase the wide array of local ...

A SCOTLAND-wide energy group has suggested that community benefit payments from onshore wind should increase by nearly 50 per ...

AS THE year draws to a close, we wish to offer our sincere thanks to all our readers, advertisers, contributors and ...

PLANS have now formally been lodged for a substation for Statkraft’s proposed Mossy Hill wind farm on the outskirts of Lerwick. The substation, which was the subject of two public consultations, will ...