Call for end to special islands allowance paid to staff in Shetland’s trusts
A call has been made for Shetland Charitable Trust to stop paying a special islands allowance to its staff and those of bodies it funds,
READ FULL STORYDay: 8 September 2011
Frankie’s named as one of three best chippies in Scotland
Frankie’s Fish and Chips Cafe & Takeway in Brae has made the shortlist of three in the battle to be named Scotland’s best chippie.
READ FULL STORYLerwick man told pregnant takeaway worker to ‘p… off’ back to her ‘own country’
A young man who shouted at a pregnant takeaway worker to “p*** off” back to her “own country” was today warned his drunkenness was no
READ FULL STORYTeenager who sexually assaulted WPC placed on register
A teenager who sexually assaulted a policewoman before making explicit lewd comments has been placed on the sex offenders’ register and warned he could be
READ FULL STORYDrunken assault and racial abuse at Tall Ships costs teenager £1,000
A drunken teenager who carried out an assault before racially abusing a man during the Tall Ships celebrations was left almost £1,000 out of pocket
READ FULL STORYUnpaid work order for man who pushed cigarette into victim’s eye
A man who pushed a lit cigarette into his victim’s eye after a night out in Lerwick was spared a prison sentence at Lerwick Sheriff
READ FULL STORYSpaekalation
In 1930, two journalists called Walter Sellar and Robert Yeatman wrote a viciously funny spoof history of England under the title 1066 and All That.
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 09.09.11
Quite why the Scottish government is making such a mess of what ought to be a routine procedure – the framing and tendering out of
READ FULL STORYTimes Past
A young East German seaman has defected to the west – by walking into Lerwick Police Station. On Wednesday the Home Office in London confirmed
READ FULL STORYLetter from Westminster
The presentation of the SNP’s programme for government makes me think that Scottish politics is going to be many things for the next few years,
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