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Two men and woman in court accused of drugs offences

January 27th, 2012

Two men and a woman have appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court charged with drug offences.

SIC to re-open single status pay deal as it strives to slash spending over two years

January 27th, 2012

Shetland Islands Council today unveils plans to lop £2 million off its wages bill and cut £500,000 from overtime costs by renegotiating its employees’ terms and conditions.

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Third of four Nicolson jarls takes his turn

January 27th, 2012

The Nicolson jarls.

He first went out in the Jarl’s Squad at the age of six with Tommy Simpson in 1968. He was a regular in the Galley Shed before and after his father Jim was Guizer Jarl just over a decade later, in 1979.

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School closure process too onerous for local authorities, council tells commission

January 26th, 2012

Legislation on school closures is too onerous on local authorities and places insufficient emphasis on the educational case for shutting schools, according to the SIC’s contribution to the Scottish government’s Commission on Rural Education.

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New tenders to be invited for Walls Pier work amid pleas for ‘proven’ contractors

January 26th, 2012

New tenders will be sought from next month to secure a new contractor to complete the £2.5 million Walls Pier in an attempt to clear up the mess left by previous contractor Airport Civil Engineering, which last year ran into problems and ceased work.

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Lack of accommodation for sea cadets hindering NAFC Marine Centre

January 26th, 2012

A lack of places for students to live in central Shetland is holding back NAFC Marine Centre from taking on dozens more marine cadets every year.

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Bressay tunnel not cost effective (Allen Fraser)

January 25th, 2012

Fixed links have to be the way forward in the long term for the North Isles and Whalsay but I question the wisdom of putting Bressay ahead of Yell and Unst.

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Acceptable and fair? (Linsey Nisbet)

January 23rd, 2012

As an ex-Orcadian, now living in Shetland, I still have a huge love for my homeland and a great deal of sympathy for its needs.

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Turn them all off (Vic Thomas)

January 23rd, 2012

So our elected members are going to decide on economic cuts without looking at the economic impact of such cuts!

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Why not trust the voters? (Jonathan Wills)

January 20th, 2012

I was surprised to hear the comments by Tavish Scott MSP on local radio last night (Thursday 19th), about the proposed changes to the Shetland Charitable Trust.

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Inexplicable price increase (Colin Hunter)

January 18th, 2012

I note with interest that our esteemed fuel suppliers have, once more, recently increased the price of our diesel and petrol by, at first four, and then another one pence a litre, over and above the already outrageous premium we pay here.

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