Symbister

An aerial view of Symbister harbour - Photo: Ivan Reid A MAJOR Norwegian company's plans to build a fish processing plant on Whalsay are in doubt after councillors refused their request for a multi-million pound extension to the island's harbour.

However, according to Shetland Islands Council the Filla will be brought into service to provide an additional vessel for the noon sailing, which will leave from both Laxo and Symbister. Council engineers are said to be investigating the cause of the ...

The second Catalina accident happened on 8th September 1942, when the plane crashed near Symbister lighthouse. None of the passengers and crew was injured, and they were taken to the RAF base at Haraldsdale, Symbister. This was part of the base ...

Whalsay's Symbister House Junior High School proudly celebrated its 50th anniversary on Wednesday, in an open afternoon joined by most of the 900-strong community. Head teacher Robin Calder helped P7 pupil Lisa Anderson cut the golden ribbon ...

However new thinking around the government's Curriculum for Excellence suggests keeping Symbister and Shetland's other two island junior highs at Mid Yell and Baltasound open for s1 to s3 pupils before transferring them to the Anderson high school in ...

David Hutchison, 66 of Ankerhus, Hillhead, Symbister - £140,900 Robert Polson, 48, of 17 Breiwick Road, Lerwick - £371,300; Thomas Eunson, 56, of Westwinds, Symbister - £140,500; Allen Anderson, 55, of Solvei, Symbister - £2,700; John Irvine, 68, ...