SHETLAND MSP Beatrice Wishart has been named MSP Nature Champion of the Year 2022 by Scottish environment network LINK. Wishart was nominated by Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) for her work championing protection of the orca. In May, the MSP highlighted the serious impacts.
MOST schools and nurseries in Shetland are closed today (Thursday) as teachers stage a strike across Scotland. The only schools staying open are the Skeld and Cullivoe primaries, while only eight out of Shetland Islands Council’s 22 early learning and childcare settings are.
THE POLICE are following a positive line of inquiry regarding the burglary and car break-ins in Brae at the weekend. Shetland area commander chief inspector Stuart Clemenson said the police wanted to reassure the community following the incidents at the weekend. A three figure.
POLICE in Shetland are set to appoint a contractor to refurbish the first of the isles’ 14 properties the force own as homes for its officers. It comes after an initial tendering process to find a contractor willing to take on the job of upgrading all local properties at a.
HALF a kilo of heroin with a “wholesale” value of about £55,000 was confiscated by local police last weekend. Shetland area commander Stuart Clemenson said the Class A drug had been taken out of circulation after being detected by drug dogs at the Lerwick Post Office..