In brief for 15 May 2011

Trouble at Posers

 POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was taken to Gilbert Bain Hospital following a disturbance at Lerwick’s Posers nightclub in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Anyone who saw what happened that night is asked to contact the police on 01595 692110 or anonymously on 0800 555111

Coastguard rescue

SHETLAND coastguard co-ordinated the rescue of four people on board a dive boat two and a half miles west of Rora Head, on the isle of Hoy.

The crew of the Jean Elaine contacted the coastguard after the vessel started taking in water around 12.50pm on Saturday. The Stromness lifeboat attended, put pumps on board and escorted the boat back to port.

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