The Shetland Islands Council, the Shetland Amenity Trust and the nature conservation programme Species on the Edge are working together to introduce native Shetland wildflowers to two sites in Lerwick.
It is hoped the newly planted areas will prove to be a haven for pollinators including the Shetland bumblebee, a native species which is only found in Shetland and in the Western Isles.
NHS Shetland has decided to restrict Ward 3 at the Gilbert Bain Hospital to essential visits only.
The Shetland Greens have challenged the Scottish government scheme to introduce pilot walk-in clinics.
A coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked to the Bruce platform, 80 nautical miles east-south-east of Sumburgh.
The Care Day flag was flying above Lerwick Town Hall yesterday as the Shetland Islands Council marked Care Day the world’s largest annual celebration of people with care experience.
The Shetland Islands Council’s development committee has discussed the offer by SSEN Transmission to deliver ‘legacy’ houses in Shetland.
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