2007

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January

  • 7th
    An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale with an epicentre about 200km Northeast of Shetland, was felt by residents of Unst.
  • 8th
    A fire in the Malakoff Ltd. premises caused the evacuation of many households and businesses in the area because of fears that an acetylene gas cylinder could explode.
  • 12th
    Scalloway Up Helly-Aa
  • 19th
    SIC and Scottish & Southern Energy sign an agreement to create a 200 turbine wind farm in the centre of Shetland. Subject to planning permission and a cable connection to the Scottish mainland.
  • 30th
    Lerwick Up Helly-Aa. Some pictures available here.

February

  • 13th
    The Elsi Arrub was located drifting about 170 miles from Australia and was towed into Albany.
  • 23rd
    Bressay Up Helly-Aa. Guizer Jarl, Tam Rowley

March

  • A new bye-law is introduced which makes it illegal to consume alcohol on the streets of Lerwick
  • Blackwood Distillery announce a U turn. They have given up plans to develop the RAF site in Unst, and return to planning Catfirth site.
  • 23rd
    Shetland Islands Council have placed a £14 million order with the Spanish shipbuilder "Union Naval" to build two new tugs for it's Sullom Voe Oil Terminal.
  • Klaize is opened.

April

  • 2nd
    Brough Lodge Trust announce plans to refurbish Brough Lodge on Fetlar. The 1820 A Grade mansion was the home of the Nicolson family
  • 4th
    The Lerwick Port Authority announced plans to refurbish Harbour house at a cost of approximately £200,000, to provide rented office accomodation. And build new public toilet facilities to the north of the Harbour House, for a further £400,000.
  • 7th
    Last ever live gig at The North Star.
  • 11th
    The investment of £8M, by SLAP, the trading division of the Charitable Trust, has secured the future of Scatsta Airport for offshore oil traffic.
  • 12th
    The Norwegian anchor handling ship Bourbon Dolphin with a crew of 15, turns over while handling an anchor for the platform "Transocean Rather" about 80 miles west of Shetland. Shetland Coastguard helicopters brought 10 persons to Lerwick, among them three dead. The search continued for the five missing crewmen.
  • 14th
    The North Star held its last event before closing its doors.
  • 15th
    The capsized anchor handling vessel Bourbon Dolphin sank, in roughening seas, at 21:15 HRS, at position 61º 03.53N 003º 48.92 W. The bodies of the 5 missing crew were believed to still be on board.
  • 21st & 22nd
    Annual Voar Redd-Up began, Over 4000 volunteers took part.
  • 22nd
    A wreath laying ceremony was held on the waters off The Knab to mark the 100th anniversary of the Fishermans Mission in Lerwick
  • 29th
    A "Hollywood Style", Welcome To Northmavine sign is unveiled near Mavis Grind.

May

June

  • 2nd
    New Museum and Archive open to the public.
  • 15th
    Start of Johnsmas Foy
  • A monkfish caught off Unst by the Arcturus was found to have been tagged in 2003, 240 miles away off Norway.
  • 16th
    Lerwick Lifeboat open day raised over £7000. As part of the event the Yell Sound ferry Dagalien, made 2 sightseeing trips around Bressay. The Dagalien had been provided by SIC ferries for the day because Northlink Ferries would not use one of their ships, as in the past, for this worthwhile fund raising event.
  • 19th
    A British WWII mine, found just east of Bardister, in Sullom Voe, was destroyed by a controlled explosion
  • 20th
    An announcement was made that Norwegian firm Austevoll Seafood ASA, is to buy 50% of the shares in Shetland Catch. Existing shareholders are also to increase their capital investment in the company.
  • 21st
    A 22 year old Shetland motorcyclist was killed in an accident, just north of the South Nesting junction, while on his way to the Simmer Dim Rally at Vidlin.
  • 23rd
    The revival of the Lerwick Carnival was hailed a great success. 17 decorated floats took part in the procession.
    The event, which was revived by local businessman Malcolm Younger, raised over £5000 for the Calum Younger REACH Fund, a charity established by Mr Younger in memory of his son, with the aim of helping young Shetlanders achieve their full potential.
  • 26th
    Shetland Islands Council Executive Committee agreed to spend £1.2M on the first phase of a new pier at Uyeasound, Unst.
  • 27th
    65 strong Shetland team departs for Island Games in Rhodes.
  • 30th
    *First medal for Shetland at the 2007 Island Games, in Rhodes, is Gold for Claire WIlson in the 1500m.

July

  • 1st
    CHC Scotia took over the Coastguard search and rescue contract from Bristow Helicopters Ltd.
  • 7th
    Shetlopedia.com, 1 year old.
  • The Foula stand-by ferry Ali-Cat, which was taking extra passengers to Foula for a Golden Wedding, touched rocks when leaving Walls in thick fog. She immediately returned to Walls and was lifted out of the water for inspection. Only minor damage was caused.
  • 9th
    A man had to be rescued from cliffs at Fitful Head, by helicopter, after falling and suffering serious head and back injuries.
  • 10th
    A 56 year old man from Virkie was killed in a motorcycle accident just north of Quarff.
  • 11th
    Aly Bain agreed to become patron of the Brough Lodge Trust. The trust is in charge of restoration of the historic building on Fetlar, built by the Nicholson family in 1825.
  • 17th
    The largest piece of North Sea junk, an 8800 tonne module from the Frigg field, to be taken to Lerwick for decommissioning, arrived at the SBS logistics base at the Greenhead on a heavy lift barge.
  • Brian Anderson appointed as new chairman of the Lerwick Port Authority.
  • 18th
    New Coastguard Rescue helicopter, Sikorsky S92, pays first visit to Sumburgh Airport. The new type of helicopter is due to enter service at Sumburgh on 1st January 2008, following crew training.
  • 20th
    Two Atlantic white-sided dolphins died after stranding in Weisdale Voe. The pair had been seen in the voe for nearly a week before they stranded.
  • 22nd
    Three members of the Rutherford family from Gletness, South Nesting, were in a small boat which capsised while on a fishing trip near their home. All three managed to swim to shore.
  • 25th
    Work started on laying a fibre optic communications cable between Maywick, Bigton, and Faroe, as part of a link by Faroe Telecom to the UK Mainland. The link when completed will give greater bandwidth for broadband services in Shetland.

August

  • 4th
    The Voe Agricultural Show was held, as was the Cunningsburgh & Districts Agricultural Show on the 8th, with the total absence of cattle sheep and goats, as a result of the nationwide stock movements ban imposed after a case of Foot & Mouth Disease was confirmed at a farm near Guildford, Surrey, England on the 2nd.
  • 6th
    A lengthy unseasonal downpour, starting in the early hours of the morning and lasting approx 7 hours, caused waterways to overflow and a landslide on a hillside on Foula.
  • 12th
    Over 300 entrants took part in the Mind Your Head fun run and walk around Spiggie Loch, raising over £5,000.
  • 15th - 18th
    60th Interclub Regatta. Unusually the first two days were heavily disrupted by high winds, which saw extensive cancellation of races.
  • 16th
    BP confirmed that they had exercised the option to extend for two years, the current contract to land oil from the Schiehallion oil field west of Shetland at Sullom Voe, thereby guaranteeing this work for the local facility from 2008 to 2010.
  • 18th
    It was announced that earlier in the week a rare bird, the white-rumped sandpiper had been spotted at the Pool of Virkie. A North American species, of which there have only been nine previous sightings in Shetland, it was presumed to have been blown off course during it's annual migration to northern South America.
  • 19th/20th Unseasonally heavy rain affected much of northern and central Shetland. 40mm was recorded at Lerwick Met Office between 9pm and midnight on the 19th. The rain continued until lunchtime on the 20th, causing many waterways to overflow, a house on Fetlar was flooded and had to be pumped out, a landslide occured near Cott, Weisdale, and the main A970 road on the outskirts and to the north of Lerwick suffered flooding in places. Scatsta Airport were forced to cancel fixed wing movements at 3pm due to flood water affecting 150 metres of runway, although some helicopter flights did continue.
  • 22nd
    Cullivoe in Yell was awarded "Desginated landing port" status, allowing fishermen who's catch contains in excess of two tonnes of cod, to land there for the first time since restrictions were introduced in 1999.
  • 31st
    Bruce Leask appointed Coxwain of Lerwick Lifeboat, a crewmember for eight years, and Second Coxwain for the latter three, he replaces Neil Clark who has stood down due to work commitments.

September

  • 1st
    Delting FC beat Yell FC 6 - 1, to win the Parish Cup.
  • Shetland Womens football teams won their inter-county games against Orkney. The A team won 12 - 1, and the B team won 12 - 2.
  • 3rd
    The Shetland School of Nautical Studies, at the NAFC Marine Centre, in Scalloway, welcomed 24 new students for it's cadet training programme.
  • 5th
    The 12m Norwegian yacht Blaatur, Captain Morten Wold, visited Lerwick harbour on it's way home to Oslo after a 3 year, round the world, voyage.
  • 6th
    Shetland's first Film Festival, a 4 day event, started.
  • 8th
    Delting FC beat Whitedale FC 5 - 1, to win the county shield.

October

November

  • 1st
    Belmont House, in Unst, won a prestigious architectural award from the London based Georgian Group.
  • 4th
    A teenager, aged 18, was killed in a single vehicle road accident, on the South Road in Lerwick.
  • 7th
    Two teenagers, aged 18 and 19, died in a car crash, in the Lang Kames.
  • 11th
    The Smyril Line ferry 'Norrona' was damaged by heavy seas off the coast of Norway, whilst en route for Thorshavn in Faroe. Waves of up to 12m hit the vessel, and engine power was reduced for a while. During the incident the vessel listed up to 42 degrees and several cars were damaged when a trailer unit broke free of its lashings. When power was restored the Norona headed to Lerwick for inspection, and repairs to a 20cm breach in the hull, below the water line, caused when one of the stabilisers broke loose.
  • 12th
    The Norrona arrived for an unscheduled stop in Lerwick for repairs to storm damage.
  • 21st
    A drug courier from Liverpool was jailed for 5 years and 3 months at Lerwick Sheriff court for trying to smuggle Heroin worth £25,000 into Shetland on a Northlink Ferry, in September.

December

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