Second ambulance is on its way after public anger at cut
By ROSALIND GRIFFITHS Shetland is to get a second ambulance which will be based at Brae and manned by a retained crew, the first scheme…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS Shetland is to get a second ambulance which will be based at Brae and manned by a retained crew, the first scheme…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL A shortlist of five candidates, which is understood to include three local faces, has been drawn up as the search for a…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL An outspoken councillor and a few local residents have submitted objections to the SIC’s application to build the new Anderson High School…
READ FULL STORYPupils at Brae High School are anticipating success as their school magazine has been short-listed for awards in five categories including Scottish School Magazine of…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON The north end of Lerwick should be a stronger community again from today with the re-opening of the Staneyhill Shop after a…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS Residents in Papa Stour are up in arms about the state of the island’s only road and are demanding that it be…
READ FULL STORYA council study is under way to see if savings of £250,000 can be found from projects in Yell to spend on enlarging the proposed…
READ FULL STORYA disused SIC children’s home in the South Mainland is to be brought back into use. Windybrae in Dunrossness will take children and young people…
READ FULL STORYNHS Shetland is to give £25,000 to the CLAN 1,2,3 appeal, it was agreed at a board meeting on Tuesday. The unprecedented award was seen…
READ FULL STORYBy RYAN TAYLOR Housing provision in the isles has been something of a problem for some time, with doom and gloom stories warning of rising…
READ FULL STORYThe local CLAN 1,2,3 Appeal has now broken the £300,000 barrier. With less than three months to go before the end of the local appeal,…
READ FULL STORYPlanned approvals for affordable housing in the isles have dropped by over 50 per cent in the last year, according to a housing expert. Chief…
READ FULL STORYBy LOUISE THOMASON Finding a place to live can be a challenge and Shetland’s housing shortages mean that, often, accommodation is less suitable than it…
READ FULL STORYThe SIC planning department was branded “atrocious” this week by Lerwick Community Council chairman Jim Anderson, who said it must have won its awards for…
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