Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The Shetland Charitable Trust has announced that it is on the lookout for new trustees to help the trust in its mission to improve the quality of life in Shetland.

The Lerwick Methodist Church, on the Hillhead in Lerwick, has announced that, for the month of November, its Sunday worshipping congregation will be joining the congregation of Saint Columba’s in Lerwick.

During November the Sunday services will be led by a mix of Church of Scotland and Methodist preachers and ministers. All other activities will continue, as usual, in the Methodist building.

Latest figures show that the 95 percent target, for eligible referrals and performance between April and June against the 62-day standard for all cancer types, was missed by NHS-Shetland, and all the other health boards in Scotland.

Sculptures, story ships and dry ski slopes are among the suggestions that Shetland Arts is hearing so far from the Lerwick 28 survey.

The Shetland Islands Council’s chief executive has been speaking on the risk of cyber attacks. Magie Sandison said that this was an area the that local authority had been told to pay “particular attention” to. [LDRS]

Andrea Abernethy, a Shetland mum of three from Bixter who spent almost 15 years working in nursing before deciding to pursue a creative ambition she had carried with her since childhood, is now questioning whether she will return to her former permanent nursing role as senior staff nurse.