Pressure on hospital continues as more operations are cancelled

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Pressure on hospital continues as more operations are cancelled

14 April 2025

•Health

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Marie nominated for national nursing award

14 April 2025

•Health

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Trump tariff market turmoil has impact on investments

14 April 2025

•Council

Cullivoe road, harp retreat and more…

14 April 2025

•Also in the news

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Man ‘running out of road’ after court appearance from custody

14 April 2025

•Court

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Crime drama filming continues in Lerwick

14 April 2025

•BBC Filming

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A women's soccer team in blue uniforms poses together on a field in front of a wire fence and trees.

Resounding victory for women’s football team in Orkney

12 April 2025

•Sport

Drain repair work to affect bus services

12 April 2025

•Transport

A paved road with double yellow lines runs uphill past stone walls, with a few cars parked on the right and houses visible in the background under a cloudy sky.

More Lerwick traffic calming measures being considered

Consultations are set to be held for Gilbertson Road, King Harald Street, South Road and Lochside

11 April 2025

•Transport

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Rising North tickets to go on sale tonight

11 April 2025

•Arts

A calm lake reflecting the cloudy sky, surrounded by a barren, rocky landscape with sparse vegetation and distant hills.

Scatsta hydrogen announcement still two to three weeks away

11 April 2025

•Energy

A road sign reads "Welcome to Sullom Voe Terminal. Please drive carefully" next to a 30 mph speed limit sign. Industrial tanks and a vehicle are visible in the background.

Discussions still ongoing over future of Clair oil export

11 April 2025

•Energy

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‘Exciting milestone’ at renovated Bridge End outdoor centre

11 April 2025

•Community

No action taken against SIC over Stuart Hill data breach

11 April 2025

•Council

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‘We canna let this go’: new owners delighted to give tourist office a bright future

10 April 2025

•Business

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Former Lerwick church building back on the market

10 April 2025

•Community

Mackerel must be ‘fished sustainably’ says fishermen’s association

10 April 2025

•Marine

Two people wearing life jackets and knit hats operate a small motorboat on a body of water, with fish farm nets visible in the background.

Arthur to head up ‘game-changing’ £4.4m mussel project

10 April 2025

•Marine

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Ten girls form a three-level human pyramid indoors near large windows, with a NorthLink Ferries banner and a ferry visible outside.

Gymnastics club get vital Island Games training in Aberdeenshire

10 April 2025

•Sport

Court round-up 10 April

10 April 2025

•Court

Heroin the ‘purveyor of misery’ as pair linked to its supply jailed

9 April 2025

•Court

Mossbank man gets unpaid work for violent attack on partner

9 April 2025

•Court

Metal fencing blocks access to old cannons set on grass near a brick wall; a sign states the area is closed for conservation work to preserve the site for future generations.

Four reports of vandalism at historic sites in last couple of years

Three incidents took place at the Clickimin Broch

9 April 2025

•News

Careless overtaking costs fisherman his licence and £2,000

9 April 2025

•Court

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Heavy fine and ban for repeat drink driver almost six times limit

9 April 2025

•Court

Young driver who crashed stolen car narrowly avoids jail

9 April 2025

•Court

Lerwick's Commercial Street. Photo: Shetland News

Self-caterers association calls for tourist tax plans to be paused

9 April 2025

•Council

Disappointment as Island Games for hockey falls through

9 April 2025

•Sport

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‘Spring surge’ to replace electricity meters before RTS deadline, minister promises

9 April 2025

•News

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Plans for ‘pie in the sky’ electric boat trial shelved

8 April 2025

•Marine

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Police plan ‘high-visibility patrols’ of Lerwick on back of vehicle vandalism

8 April 2025

•News

Updated

Emergency services attend two vehicle crash at Voe

8 April 2025

•Emergency services

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Shetland Arts to focus on funding artistic talent in isles

Chief executive Graeme Howell says ‘creative community of Shetland has some amazingly brilliant ideas’

8 April 2025

•Arts

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Shetland crime drama filming returns on Sunday with traffic restrictions for Lerwick

8 April 2025

•BBC Filming

RTS debate, Belmont fund, sexual health clinic and more …

8 April 2025

•Also in the news

A person wearing glasses and a blue jacket stands outdoors with a body of water and a village in the background.

Association’s warning over impact of development on fishing nursery areas

8 April 2025

•Marine

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Staggering sums of money

8 April 2025

•Letters

Lawless world order

8 April 2025

•Letters

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Band aiming high after reaching Scottish final of festival competition

8 April 2025

•Arts

A men's sports team in white uniforms poses for a group photo outdoors in front of banners and a Scottish flag.

Sporting round up 8 April

8 April 2025

•Sport

Updated

Reports of widespread damage to vehicles in Lerwick

7 April 2025

•Police

A women's field hockey team poses and smiles together outdoors, with a goalie in pink gear at the center and tall buildings in the background.

‘Let them worry about us’ – Shetland through to third District Cup final in succession after huge result

7 April 2025

•Sport

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‘Complaints are taken seriously’ – SSE responds to call for some turbines to be decommissioned

7 April 2025

•Community

A group of ten men in black sportswear stand in a line on a grass field, posing for a photo on a sunny day.

We want you – students set to be targeted in referees recruitment drive

7 April 2025

•Sport

Hydrogen project shortlisted for government funding scheme

Statkraft said the project “proposes to convert green hydrogen produced into green ammonia, which can be used as a sustainable fuel for marine shipping”

7 April 2025

•Energy

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Up to 100 jobs could be created from £32m electricity network improvement project

7 April 2025

•Energy

‘Skirted hooligans’- historian tries to trace author of 112 years old letter

7 April 2025

•Letters

A large group of people, mostly young adults, pose together in a room with white walls and a wooden floor; some are seated on a teal sofa, while others stand behind.

Students surpass expectations at superb Mareel showcase

6 April 2025

•Arts

Pressure on hospital continues as more operations are cancelled

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