JUNIOR inter-county captain Layla Todd had the perfect warm-up for this weekend’s event after shattering another longstanding Shetland athletics record. Just a month after setting a new 5K record for ...

TWO long-serving volunteers have been rewarded for their many years of service to the community by receiving British Empire Medals today (Monday). Kathleen Stout, who is a lunch club volunteer with ...

THE VALUE of ‘bad debt’ from the last financial year being written off by Shetland Islands Council (SIC) has increased to nearly £280,000. However this was only 0.27 per cent of the £101.52 million ...

PARTS of the UHI campus building in Lerwick – which could be vacated in the coming years – have been earmarked as a possible new home for the local museum store. The museum store is currently located ...

MORE THAN £30,000 has been raised in Shetland over the last two years towards helping to alleviate the human suffering in Gaza. Calling for peace and justice and for an immediate ceasefire to stop ...

THE PRINCIPAL and CEO of UHI Shetland has added her name to a letter sent to prime minister Sir Keir Starmer urging the government to invest in colleges. The letter has been signed by college ...

THE SHETLAND Times Bookshop in Lerwick is to remain open, its owners have confirmed. The bookshop was part of the of Shetland Times Ltd businesses and assets that were put up for sale in May. There ...

THE COUNTDOWN is on until this year’s junior inter-county, which Shetland are set to host next weekend. Nearly 100 young athletes will compete across athletics, football, hockey, swimming and netball ...

THE NUMBER of council house applications in Shetland has decreased over recent years – but the average length of time to re-let properties has gone up. Figures presented to a meeting of Shetland ...

AN OPEN day with live music, family-friendly activities and even an air guitar competition is set to take place at the Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary to celebrate the life of late founder Jan Bevington.

TALKS are ongoing with energy developers about providing their own accommodation for workers on future projects – but concern has been raised at the pace of progress. Shetland Islands Council leader ...