Major disruption to communications in isles caused by technical fault
Major disruption was caused to broadband, mobile phone and landline networks across Shetland for nearly seven hours on Friday after a technical fault in the
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Councillors delay new school as they back another review
Councillors have confounded expectations by ordering yet another review into where the new Anderson High School should be built, meaning the latest proposal will be
READ FULL STORYViking PR firm executive launches anti-windfarm campaign
Viking Energy has no plans to dump its global PR firm Weber Shandwick despite one of its top UK employees starting up a nationwide anti-windfarm
READ FULL STORYDespair for livestock co-op as council asks for another plan
The chairman of Shetland’s agricultural co-operative was left apoplectic on Thursday when he learned that the head of economic development is recommending to councillors that
READ FULL STORYProbation order for ‘out of control’ teenager
A 16 year old who has recently come to the attention of the police was placed on probation at Lerwick Sheriff Court yesterday.
READ FULL STORYDrunk man locked up for contempt
A Polish man who turned up drunk at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday found himself locked up for contempt of court.
READ FULL STORYPassenger cards to be introduced to make life cheaper on Bressay
Bressay people will be able to buy monthly passenger and vehicle passes on the ferry to and from Lerwick, the council agreed this week.
READ FULL STORYPeople urged to back windfarm
Viking Energy is urging people to record their backing for its £800 million windfarm, placing a full-page advert in this newspaper with a tear-off slip
READ FULL STORYZulu choir sing their hearts out in Big Kirk show
The young Zulu Warriors are back in Shetland. The group of 27 performers, AIDS orphans from South Africa, loved Shetland so much when they visited
READ FULL STORYMSYP’s taste of Norwegian democracy
Shetland MSYP NICOLE MOUAT reports from the International Democracy Project planning meeting in Norway, which she attended recently with SIC youth empowerment and participation worker
READ FULL STORYEmbezzled from club
An accounts assistant who embezzled £1,210 from Shetland Triathlon Club while treasurer of the club had sentence deferred at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
READ FULL STORYReserve fund will have to cough up for six temporary planners
Six people are to be employed temporarily by the SIC planning department at a total cost of almost £400,000, despite strong objections to the proposal.
READ FULL STORYHelping young people make sense of world
STEWART HAY reflects on a successful week for the Global Classroom after it hosted students and staff from around the world for a conference on
READ FULL STORY‘Shetland has always been an outward looking and forward thinking place’
By BILL MANSON It’s worth considering some aspects of the Viking Energy Partnership’s recently lodged consent application for a large-scale windfarm in central Shetland.
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