Vikings visit as Supported Living UHA proves huge success
A COMMUNITY event giving service users in the Supported Living service the chance to experience a taste of Lerwick Up Helly Aa proved a huge success on Saturday. Read more Shetland News …
Community
Landowner encourages residents to participate in Muckle Roe community buy-out
MUCKLE Roe landowner Max Ward has spoken about his family’s desire to pass on the island as efforts to assess a community buy-out by its 130 residents continue. Read more Shetland News …
Eighty-five year old preparing for remarkable Viking Genes fundraiser
A PENSIONER from Tresta is taking on a special sailing trip in a 100-year-old fishing boat to raise money for the Viking Genes community screening project. Robert Anderson, 85, will be joined by two other local men – giving the three a combined age of 250 years. Read more Shetland News …
Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas and a good new year
AS THE year draws to a close, we wish to offer our sincere thanks to all our readers, advertisers, contributors and supporters who all play their valuable part in ensuring that Shetland News exists and continues to report the local news in a way you have come to appreciate. Read more Shetland News …
Petition calls on councillors not to attend Viking celebration dinner
A WELL KNOWN and outspoken local tour guide is asking islanders to sign an online petition calling on councillors and senior council officials not to attend celebrations early next week which are being held to mark the completion of the Viking Energy wind farm. Read more Shetland News …
‘Third generation’ jarl leads most northerly Up Helly Aa
IT IS a “humbling” moment this weekend for Norik jarl Ashley Spence leads Shetland’s most northerly Up Helly Aa. The 34-year-old is following in family footsteps, with his grandad jarl in 1986 and his father then leading the Unst event a decade later. Read more Shetland News …
Well supported foodbank essential for many in the isles
AT LEAST one per cent of the islands population, and possibly more, are using the Shetland Foodbank on a regular basis. Read more Shetland News …
Local produce showcased at Taste of Shetland food and drink festival
THE TWO-day Taste of Shetland food and drink festival kicked off at the Clickimin earlier today (Saturday) with a range of live cooking demonstrations, workshops and stalls. Chair of Shetland Food & Drink Marian Armitage said there was a “buzz” around the Clickimin as visitors sampled various foods and watched the live shows. Read more Shetland News …
An ‘awful shame’ as century-old tree cut down by power company without owners’ permission
A TREE thought to be more than 100 years old has been cut down in Yell by power company SSEN without the landowners’ knowledge or permission. Landowner Rowland Morewood described the incident, at Seafield House in North-a-Voe, as an “awful shame”. Read more Shetland News …
‘A one-off who will be sadly missed’
TRIBUTES have been paid to former BBC cameraman John Waters who passed away last Thursday, aged 79. John was a familiar face throughout Shetland having covered most of the major news stories since the early 1990s. Read more Shetland News …