HAVE YOU got any pre-loved football gear lying around, which could go to a new, loving home in Africa? The Shetland Bookshop is hosting a drop-off for football boots, kits, training kits or goalkeeper gloves that could go to be worn by youth football teams in Rwanda. Read more

REASSURANCES have been sought that efforts are being made to get the Isleshavn care home in Yell back up and running. Residents were decanted from the care home during the summer due to staffing challenges. Shetland West councillor Liz Peterson raised the matter at a meeting of the integration joint (IJB) audit committee on Thursday. Read more

A HIGHLANDS and Islands MSP says the issue of regional aviation “cannot be addressed from faraway offices” after it emerged transport secretary Stephen Flynn will not attend a stakeholder meeting on the topic. Read more

THERE is “nothing off the table” when it comes to how the proposed Lerwick Lanes development may proceed, a meeting has heard. Acting housing manager George Martin told a meeting of Shetland Islands Council’s (SIC) development committee on Wednesday that officers are keen to explore all options. Read more

A TEENAGE strongwoman says it “doesn’t feel real” that she is heading to the USA to compete in a world championship event this weekend. Lauri Siegel, 17, will set off with her family tomorrow (Saturday) to begin making the almost 5,000 mile journey to Phoenix, Arizona for the World Static Monsters finals. Read more