17+ hour, 7+ min ago   (176+ words) Calls have been made to avoid dangerous overtaking in Quarff following “abysmal” driving. A motorist took to Facebook after a dangerous overtake last night (Saturday) almost seriously injured those on the road. The driver was indicated to turn into the…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (496+ words) The council has proposed radical care sector reforms amid warnings that the current model is unsustainable, would lead to crises for older people and could completely deplete the multi-million pound reserve fund within a decade. A stark report set to…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (309+ words) Public engagement for new NorthLink passenger ferries is expected to begin “sometime next year”. Director of ferries at Transport Scotland, Chris Wilcock, confirmed that public engagement regarding replacements for the Hrossey and Hjaltland could begin “at a very stage in…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (312+ words) Challenges faced by charitable trust-funded organisations have been highlighted in a report ahead of its annual general meeting. Increased demand, workforce difficulties, volunteer capacity and financial sustainability are described as a “tough challenge” by trust chairman Robert Leask. However, he…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (714+ words) Autumn bird migration stepped up this week with a variety of species recorded, including willow warbler. Willow warblers, from Scandinavian and northern European populations, pass through Shetland in autumn as they travel to sub-Saharan Africa They migrate earlier than chiffchaff,…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (234+ words) According to Shetland’s MSP, devolving control of energy policy to Holyrood will somehow give Shetland greater control over energy developments. How this might happen has not been made clear. For example, will it resemble the devolved control of health, education,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (228+ words) In the 2018 annual report and accounts for Shetland Amenity Trust the “heritage accommodation” at the Bressay lighthouse was described as “extremely popular”. Since then things have gone downhill, to the extent that the trust is now trying to flog off…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (404+ words) I am sitting writing this Letter from Edinburgh 20,000 feet up in the air over the North Sea rattling my way to Glasgow having wasted most of the day in Sumburgh, working hunched over my laptop and watching my colleagues on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (797+ words) NHS Shetland and the SIC could merge as ambiguity remains after the announcement of a radical shake-up of public services. First Minister John Swinney announced plans this week to replace the 14 current health boards in Scotland with two “strategic health…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (459+ words) There has been a “complete lack of work and effort” to re-open Scalloway Castle almost a decade after it was closed to the public. That was the view of Stephen Leask, a trustee of the Shetland Bus Friendship Society. Mr…...