A MAN from Leicestershire who admitted driving dangerously and assaulting two police officers in April last year has been fined and disqualified for 15 months. Lerwick Sheriff Court heard on Thursday that Richard Seadon was suffering from a number of severe mental health issues at the time, and had no connection with Shetland whatsoever. Read more

MORE blue-green algae has been reported – this time in the Loch of Aithsness, next to the Aith to Vementry road. It comes after the potentially toxic algae was also spotted in the Tingwall Loch. Notices will be posted next to the Loch of Aithness warning that contact with algal scum should be avoided. Read more

A THIRTY two year old man from Bixter has been fined and disqualified after admitting driving while unfit through drink or drugs.  Driving after drinking in Scalloway Boating Club, Paul Forrest’s car came off the road on the A970 main road in the evening of 14 January. Read more

SENTENCE on a woman who committed a number of offences shortly after being released from prison has been adjourned until the end of October for background reports. Read more

A MAN from Lerwick who assaulted two other men in the Trench nightclub in December last year – leaving one with a fractured collar bone – has been told that he might go to prison. Read more