Install
Shetland News Online Ltd is a news service and agency covering Shetland news, jobs, property, letters, transport, weather forecast and tide times.
- 85articles · 30d
- 1+ day agolatest article
- Aug 15, 2026earliest in window
- 88%with images
- 314avg words
- Politics2 17
- Sports 17
- Sports & Fitness 17
- News 15
- Sport 15
- Politics 13
- Crime & Law 12
- Crime, Law & Justice 10
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Brae man acquitted of sexual offences following trial
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (158+ words) A FORMER care worker has been acquitted of raping a woman and sexually assaulting a second woman in Shetland. Colin Spall, 46, was found not guilty of committing three sexual offences by a jury during a trial at the High Court…...
Man admits causing serious injury by driving dangerously
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (512+ words) A DRIVER who believed he was targeted for verbal abuse left a man seriously injured and unconscious after hitting him with his car. Harry Lavery, of Virkie, struck a man with his Ford Puma with such force that he was…...
Three men charged with over 50 domestic abuse offences after national investigation
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (508+ words) THREE men have been arrested over a total of 52 domestic abuse charges as part of investigations by a national task force in Shetland. Officers from the north domestic abuse task force carried out investigations over the last year following tip-offs…...
Police seek witnesses after reports of dangerous driving
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (108+ words) POLICE are trying to hear from anyone who may have witnessed a dangerous driving incident that occurred on Saturday (5 September) in Cunningsburgh. Officers said the incident happened at 5.20pm on the A970 close to the Cunningburgh Hall. The driver of a silver…...
Court round-up 2 September
1+ week, 4+ day ago (527+ words) A MAN has been given a combined financial penalty of £1,000 after admitting damaging a door while he forced entry to a property in the South Mainland. Procurator fiscal Duncan Mackenzie told Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday that the property in…...
‘Little cogs in big machine’: young trio avoid prison after drugs offence
1+ week, 4+ day ago (578+ words) Lerwick Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday how Malachai Blackhurst, from Manchester, Ellie Walker and Rhys Burke, both from Denton, had been tasked with transporting drugs to the isles on the NorthLink ferry to pay off debts. Sheriff Ian Cruickshank said…...
Man jailed for sexual assault
1+ week, 4+ day ago (516+ words) Content warning: This story contains details of sexual assault. If you have been affected by this issue, help is available. A MAN who was found guilty of sexual assault following a jury trial last month has been given an 18-month…...
‘We’re avoiding the main roads’ – horse rider says dangerous overtaking getting worse
1+ week, 5+ day ago (833+ words) HORSE riders do not feel safe on Shetland’s roads anymore after a series of incidents involving dangerous overtaking by drivers. That is the view of Diane Taylor, who said horse riders were having to develop “nerves of steel” to venture…...