Team to tackle Western Isles
UPDATE 29/08/2008 15.30pm: MATCH CANCELLED DUE TO WESTERN ISLES TEAM BEING FOGBOUND IN STORNOWAY ———————————————————————————— SHETLAND will play host to the Western Isles football team…
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High school: debate goes on
By RYAN TAYLOR ALMOST 20 years after the SIC first began talking in earnest about a new Anderson High School for Lerwick, councillors were still…
READ FULL STORYScott becomes latest isles politician to lead Liberals
By NEIL RIDDELL ISLES MSP Tavish Scott was this week elected as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland with a landslide victory….
READ FULL STORYViking seek answers as uncapped charging scheme threatens plans
By RYAN TAYLOR THE HEAD of Viking Energy has called for “crystal clarity” over how much the windfarm company will have to stump up to…
READ FULL STORYFetlar folk want urgent steps to stop population declining further
By NEIL RIDDELL THE FETLAR community is calling for action, not words, after the SIC agreed to set up a taskforce in a last-ditch effort…
READ FULL STORYParents are supplying their own children with alcohol
By RYAN TAYLOR THE majority of underage drinkers in Shetland rely on their own parents to supply them with alcohol. Members of the SIC’s area…
READ FULL STORYBressay’s answer to the Time Team
By LAURA FRIEDLANDER TWELVE months of working “flat out” brought about the opening of the Bronze Age Bressay – Cruester Burnt Mound project on Saturday….
READ FULL STORYPositive report for college
By PETER JOHNSON EDUCATION inspectors have given Shetland College a positive report card following a week-long review of the institute which found many weaknesses identified…
READ FULL STORYCouncillors propose allotments so we can grow our own food
By JOHN ROBERTSON MIGHT Shetland be harbouring an army of frustrated vegetable growers longing to get their green fingers on a patch of land? If…
READ FULL STORYHousing chief lets rip after slur on SIC re-letting performance
By NEIL RIDDELL THE council’s housing chief this week highlighted the shocking condition workers find some of the SIC’s rental properties in when they are…
READ FULL STORY‘Fat map’ dismissed by experts
A NEW “fat map” of the UK, which places Shetland at the top of the obesity charts, has come under fire this week. The map,…
READ FULL STORYVerges are death traps, council told
By JOHN ROBERTSON THE COUNCIL has been warned somebody will be killed on the roads because of blind spots caused by grass on verges. The…
READ FULL STORYFerry fuel bill concern eases off
FEARS that the council was facing a hike of up to £1.2 million in its fuel bill for ferries and buses this year have eased…
READ FULL STORYWe’re the sunniest
LERWICK has been the sunniest place in Britain this month, meteorologists said this week. The town had 136 hours of sunshine in the first 25…
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