Archive for May, 2012

Patients voice dissatisfaction with health centres

Lerwick Health Centre has a patient satisfaction rate of only 70 per cent and in some ways is performing less well than the Scottish average, according to a recent survey.

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Fresh round of cuts roadshows looms after SIC beats savings target

Shetland Islands Council is preparing for a fresh series of cuts roadshows this summer, having managed to exceed its ambitious savings target by more than £2 million in the last financial year.

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Drink driving farmer who was pursued by police spared jail term

A farmer who was chased by police for three miles after driving his Land Rover and trailer while almost three times the drink driving limit has been spared a custodial sentence.

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Gas piped from Sullom Voe one of two options for new Rova Head power station

The new Lerwick power station being proposed for Rova Head could run mainly on gas supplied from Sullom Voe through an underground pipeline.

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Man charged with possessing indecent photos of children

A man appeared in private at Lerwick Sheriff Court today charged with having indecent pictures of children.

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Curfew for man who stole TV from Tesco

A man who stole a television from a Lerwick supermarket was spared a prison term when he appeared in court today.

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Is there not a better way? (David Priest)

As the Queen’s Jubilee approaches can I just take this opportunity to make Shetland folk aware of the organisation Republic, campaigning for a democratic alternative to the monarchy in the UK. Please check out the website at www.republic.org.uk.

There are many of us now that believe that it is time for the UK and Scotland to have an elected accountable head of state with no-one allowed to assume the role through privilege of birth.

I resent being described as a subject of Her Majesty; I resent the reserved role that one particular aristocratic family has managed to retain without …

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Five Shetland beaches win Seaside Award

Five Shetland beaches have been given the coveted Seaside Award by the leading charity for the environment, Keep Scotland Beautiful.

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Why not mimic Tories with cuts u-turn? (Brian Smith)

Jonathan and Gary have done some very good imitations of David Cameron and George Osborne recently, right down to Jonathan’s jeremiads about Trotskyism.
 
So why not, boys, mimic the Tories in their new u-turn phase? Instead of the cuts-and-more-cuts rhetoric of last week’s Shetland Times, why can’t we have a local pasty-tax turnaround, now?
 
Brian Smith
53 Kalliness,
Weisdale.…
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Serco confirmed as North Boats operator after judge halts contract suspension

Serco will take over the North Boats from 5th July after a judge today approved the Scottish government’s decision to award the £243 million contract to the multinational services company.

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