A WHITBY-based company has been awarded the contract to build the new Fair Isle ferry. Parkol Marine Engineering has been awarded the £5.6 million contract following an open tender exercise. Shetland ...

A TEENAGER who downloaded indecent images and videos of children has had his sentence deferred for background reports.

A POPULAR Bressay hotel, bar and restaurant has had its valuation reduced as its owners seek a quick sale. The Maryfield ...

A FORMER textiles teacher has launched a new sewing initiative in Shetland after swapping life in London for a more sedate ...

FOUR FISHERMEN with a combined age of 310 took a 100-year-old boat off for a day of fishing to raise vital funds for the Viking Genes research project yesterday (Wednesday). Skipper Robert Anderson, ...

IT IS estimated that nearly £300,000 has been saved in travel costs so far by having an MRI scanner located in Shetland.

FORMER Brae GP Dr Paul Scott has been struck off the medical register after being found guilty of several counts of serious ...

FREIGHT distribution company Menzies has announced it is pulling out of Shetland and Orkney at the end of this month. In a letter to customers, it said all of its transport activity and warehouse ...

WORK is ongoing with improvement plans at some of Shetland’s care homes amid what has been described as a “decline” in ...

MORE THAN 200 providers of B&B and guesthouse accommodation, self-catering cottages and glamping pods but also self-contained rooms within flats have just five more weeks left to apply for a licence ...