A MUSICIAN mixing rap, spoken word and harp who grew up in Shetland has been selected from more than 500 entrants to be shortlisted for a prestigious national BBC prize. Anise Pearson, who is now living in Edinburgh and goes by the name of Queen of Harps, is one of eight acts shortlisted for BBC

A DISPUTE between trade unions and Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL) is set to end after members voted to accept a revised pay offer. Loganair said it will reintroduce flights it suspended due to industrial action a week earlier than anticipated. The Prospect union said its members working in fire and security accepted the

SHETLAND Islands Council says a planning appeal launched by a church after being denied consent for turning an ex-school building into a place of worship should be dismissed. The local authority has now responded to New Life Shetland’s appeal, saying the reason for the decision taken by councillors on the planning committee last year was

PLANS for a £3 million redevelopment of the UHI Shetland campus have reached their next stage as recruitment gets underway for a project manager. The project, which will receive government funding through the £100 million Islands Deal, aims to modernise the UHI facilities to make more learning opportunities available to more people, and to help

SHETLAND Fishermen’s Association is hosting two public drop-in events this week to help people prepare responses to a consultation on controversial plans to introduce highly protected marine areas in Scotland. The events will take place at the association’s offices at Mair’s Quay at Holmsgarth in Lerwick. The first will be between 5pm and 7pm on