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Volunteer lifesavers honoured after rescuing 600 casualties over 33 years

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Volunteer lifesavers honoured after rescuing 600 casualties over 33 years

Two or the Lerwick Lifeboat’s volunteer crew members have been honoured for their combined 33 years of service saving lives at seas. RNLI Lerwick chairman... Volunteer lifesavers honoured after rescuing 600 casualties over 33 years Read Article

Shetland startup processes salmon nets and HDPE into local biofuel

Startups · Lerwick

Shetland startup processes salmon nets and HDPE into local biofuel

G-NRGY develops containerised plastic-to-fuel system in Shetland. A Shetland-based company has completed early trials of a new containerised technology for converting mixed plastic waste into biofuel, with ambitions to scale up for both land-based and marine applications. G-NRGY, headquartered in Lerwick, has been piloting the system locally using a range of plastic materials commonly found [...]Read Article

Bergen-Shetland Yacht Race to arrive in Lerwick next week

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Bergen-Shetland Yacht Race to arrive in Lerwick next week

Around 150 crew are expected to take part in the 37th Bergen-Shetland Yacht Race which will arrive in Lerwick next week, Bergen-Shetland Yacht Race to arrive in Lerwick next week Read Article

UHI Shetland appoints Stephen Leask as chairman of management board

Lerwick North and Bressay councillor Stephen Leask has been announced as the new chairman of the board of management at UHI Shetland. The board were... UHI Shetland appoints Stephen Leask as chairman of management boardLerwick · Lerwick Read Article

Two hundred attend heart screening event

Over 200 people attended a free heart screening event in Lerwick at the weekend, and the wheelsare in motion for it to return to Shetland... Two hundred attend heart screening eventLerwick · Lerwick Read Article

Six month supervision for sex offender

A 44-year-old former guizer who grabbed a woman’s buttocks at Up-Helly-A’ has been placed under supervision for six months. Gareth Geddes, of Stocketgaet, Lerwick, pleaded... Six month supervision for sex offenderLerwick · Lerwick Read Article

College buildings could be used to store thousands of old museum artefacts

Part of UHI Shetland’s Lerwick campus could be used to store old museum artefacts, a meeting heard. College buildings could be used to store thousands of old museum artefactsLerwick · Lerwick Read Article

Cruise ship with outbreak on board allowed to dock at tiny island town

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Volunteering opportunities at Clan

A volunteering open day will be hosted by Clan Cancer Support next month. The event is scheduled to take place at the Islesburgh Community Centre... Volunteering opportunities at ClanLerwick · Lerwick Read Article

POLL: Do party politics have a place in the council chamber?

Five members of Shetland Islands Council are now publicly affiliated with a political party, after Stephen Leask (Lerwick North and Bressay) was appointed local Labour... POLL: Do party politics have a place in the council chamber?Lerwick · Lerwick Read Article

Woman charged with assaulting employee at eastside restaurant

By Joe Johnson Tiffany Hamm, 40, of Winterville was arrested May 2nd after she allegedly assaulted an employee at Locos Grill & Pub on Barnett Shoals Road.According to police reports, the incident happened when the 24-year-old employee accidentally spilled ranch dip next to where Hamm was seated.When the employee sprayed a cleaning product on the spill she was angrily confronted by Hamm, who reportedly said, “You didn’t say excuse me,” and curse…Police · Lerwick See the Story

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