30 April 2009

• Rival shellfish association spawned
• Frustration as Sullom Voe falls behind
• Tavish speaks up for lower fuel duty
• More cash for community renewables
• In brief - 30 April 2009
• Sport:
  Hockey: Whalsay fitter than the rest
  Football fixtures

29 April 2009

• Fish into fuel scheme could be a winner
• More passengers, but less cargo
• In brief - 29 April 2009
• Oil work on display
• Sport:
  Football: MacDougall at his deadliest

28 April 2009

• Search for missing oil worker
• Europe millions for isles fisheries
• Man brandished pool cue
• First union backs single status offer
• New days at sea scheme unveiled
• In brief - 28 April 2009
• Sport:
  Volleyball: Intercounty contests
  Football: Whalsay reserves pound Delting
  Netball: Unst climb to the top league

27 April 2009

• Andy’s pride goes off the road
• Police seize more alcohol from youngsters
• Pier celebrations in Unst
• Coastguard plea after fireworks spark search

25 April 2009

• Shetland 0 v Western Isles 1
• SIC: No incinerator at Dounreay
• Don’t blame whales for seal decline
• Council and trust community grants
• Brae team win young enterprise award
• Pigs can fly…at the Bonhoga
• Sport:
  Athletics results

24 April 2009

• Watchdog demands NHS/ambulance apology
• Ship master fined over death on vessel
• Drunk fishermen escape jail for assault
• Couple went on bouncing cheque spree

23 April 2009

• “We were slaughtered!”

• Twelve months for sexual assault
• Sentence delayed in child sex images case
• Thomson inquiry should end next month
• Complaint lodged against SLMG councillors
• Ambulance petition passes thousand mark
• Former soldier fined for knife incident
• In brief - 23 April 2009
• Sport:
  Football: Whalsay pile in the goals
  Hockey: Saracens take the trophy

22 April 2009

• Adding value all the way
• Digital Britain leaves out Shetland
• SNP: Let Scotland control its fishing
• In brief - 22 April 2009
• Sport:
  Hebridean footballers ready for rematch
  Volleyball: JBT clinch ladies title
  Volleyball: Inter county this weekend

21 April 2009

• Planners recommend abattoir be built
• BP move Atlantic operations to Sumburgh
• HIE and SIC share their new Solarhus
• Mossbank man went back to breach again
• In brief - 21st April 2009
• Sport:
  Netball - Almost an upset

20 April 2009

• Two arrested after man left bleeding
• Middleton’s website for wrongly accused

18 April 2009

• Shetland more likely to get housing cash

• A vision for the south end

• Extra cleaners for local hospital

17 April 2009

• Sandwick biomass plot under scrutiny

• Man jailed for Toll Clock break in

• Mission man suspended

• Traditional flavour to festival

• Final building phase at GBH begins

• Robots, insects and the universe

• Careers service opens new office

Sport:
Hockey: Hockey coaches coming to Shetland

16 April 2009

• Man charged after Toll Clock break in

• Call for new environmental group

• Lochhead to press EC on cod plan

Sport:
Hockey: Lively start to outdoor season
Six-a-Side: New season minus champions

15 April 2009

• Woman appears on heroin charges

• Lerwick woman charged with assault

• Fishermen furious after Faroese fine

• Fiddling while crofting burns

Sport:
Netball - Whalsay win top table tie
Football - Premier league kicks off
Football - Reserve league fixtures

14 April 2009

• Osteopath gives otter a leg up

• Woman to appear on heroin charges

• Troubled salmon farmers strike new deal

• Calamity warns against assault on Forvik

• Ready to redd up

Sport:
Triathlon - Newcomer claims victory
Volleyball - Powerful play can’t stop JBT

11 April 2009

• Study –pessimistic- about dialect

• Crofters fear subsidy black hole

• Woman charged with Mossbank break ins

• SIC still hopes for Brae housing cash

• MEP welcomes EU fish farm strategy

• SRDP extended

• Two variety concerts tonight

10 April 2009

• Cunningsburgh firm closes its doors

• More views sought on SLMG

• Bridging the Gulf at Scalloway

• In brief – 10th April 2009

SPORT
Rugby: Rugby coach course comes to isles
Six-a-side: Rest ahead of new season

9 April 2009

• Herd book society goes online

• Crofters urged to protect bluetongue status

• No plea on assault charge

• Is the dialect dying?

• New Shetlander out now

SPORT
Football - Reserve League kicks off
Hockey - Mixed indoor final this weekend
Netball - Unst remain unbeaten

8 April 2009

• Carbon reduction officer powers up

• Isles anglers unsure of sea lice claims

• Aquaculture exhibition next year

• Youth talent on display at variety night

• Major Viking conference in July

• Thieves take off with cigarettes

• In brief 8th April 2009

• Squash: Hannah is youngest trophy winner

7 April 2009

• Hoswick man guilty of indecency

• Salmon farmers deny seal slaughter

• Struan launches Euro-election campaign

• Mossbank break in

• Volleyball: Big blocks and beasting hits

6 April 2009

• What a night!

• Birders consider anti Viking view

• Fair Isle pensioner airlifted in fog

3 April 2009

• £2m guarantees new Fair Isle observatory
• Huge relief as museum wins funding
• Saturday night CLAN fever
• Osteopath comes north to help otter
• In brief - 3rd April 2009

2 April 2009

• Bards in the bog
• HIE and SIC to push for better broadband
• Building standards come under fire
• Business as usual after takeover
• World leaders feast on Skerries salmon
• In brief - 2nd April 2009

Sports
Netball: Bottom division show the way
Six-a-side: Rebelettes almost untouchable

1 April 2009

• Glass ceiling goes at Sumburgh
• Powerdown in Unst
• All clear for Mareel
• Fried lice, anyone?
• HIE helps feather Fair Isle’s nest
• In brief - 1st April 2009