Papa rehab to close after SIC turns off cash supply
By ROSALIND GRIFFITHS The only drug and alcohol rehab project in Shetland is being forced to close at the end of the month through lack…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS The only drug and alcohol rehab project in Shetland is being forced to close at the end of the month through lack…
READ FULL STORYThe £49 million needed to build the new Anderson High School is more likely to come from Shetland Charitable Trust than the SIC’s own reserves,…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS Cruise ships are a welcome sign of the Shetland summer and the first of this season’s arrivals is due next week. Like…
READ FULL STORYTwo of the three main unions representing the SIC workforce have now voted overwhelmingly in favour of accepting the proposed new pay structure. Following the…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL A clampdown on unnecessary overtime for council workers is under way in some departments as it was revealed this week that the…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON A Lerwick boy has survived a rare form of brain haemorrhage and do-or-die operations which taxed the expertise of some of the…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS A petition for a second ambulance for Shetland recently garnered more than 2,000 signatures and was presented on Monday to MSP Tavish…
READ FULL STORYCouncillors have backed a review of the system in Shetland which helps elderly people avoid being stuck in hospital when they do not need to…
READ FULL STORYNew Zealanders and Australians gathered recently at the Lerwick War Memorial for the 2009 Anzac Day service. After a short address and the singing of…
READ FULL STORYHjaltland Housing Association will continue to operate the “one stop shop” for housing, it was decided this week. Councillors were given the option of taking…
READ FULL STORYAlmost £1 million of council money has been allocated to hosting the 2011 Tall Ships Races in Shetland, which the SIC hopes will be a…
READ FULL STORYA dealer was shopped to the police after supplying one of his customers with poor quality drugs. Callum Jamieson, 25, supplied Class C diazepam tablets…
READ FULL STORYFollowing a man into a hotel toilet before assaulting him because of an ongoing dispute resulted in a £250 fine for a man at Lerwick…
READ FULL STORYA project to create a new museum next to Scalloway Castle took a major step forward last week when a further council grant of £200,000…
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