Baby boy flown to Aberdeen in major coastguard operation
A premature baby was flown south for treatment in the early hours of Friday morning in a major operation co-ordinated by the coastguard. Gilbert Bain…
READ FULL STORYA premature baby was flown south for treatment in the early hours of Friday morning in a major operation co-ordinated by the coastguard. Gilbert Bain…
READ FULL STORYThe Shetland CLAN 1,2,3 appeal has now reached the £200,000 mark. The appeal, which began at the end of July 2008 and runs to July…
READ FULL STORYThe new Shetland area manager for Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is to be local man Stuart Robertson, it was announced yesterday. Mr Robertson, who…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL, ROSALIND GRIFFITHS & RYAN TAYLOR Morgan Goodlad has resigned as chief executive of Shetland Islands Council and will be stepping down from…
READ FULL STORYOne potential candidate considered likely to take over from Mr Goodlad is the executive director of education and social care, Hazel Sutherland, although she refused…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON & JIM TAIT It is fitting that Morgan Goodlad used email to tell his councillors he was off. It was his favourite…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON and RYAN TAYLOR The first political skirmish over closing rural schools is set to take place in the Town Hall on Thursday…
READ FULL STORYA Brae resident accused of starting a fire which killed his baby daughter denied a murder charge last Friday. William Middleton, 32, appeared briefly at…
READ FULL STORYPlans for a new Eric Gray Centre in Lerwick should be prioritised on the council’s capital list, although the Charitable Trust should be approached to…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL Councillors will have to hammer out a final agreement on their capital programme for the next year at a Full Council meeting…
READ FULL STORYBy NEIL RIDDELL A councillor is calling for an independent investigation into how much public money has been wasted on replacing and expanding the local…
READ FULL STORYBy ROSALIND GRIFFITHS While the rest of the country seemed to grind to a halt this week with London buses unable to run and schools…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON The oil industry has been snubbing requests from the SIC to discuss the future of Sullom Voe for over two years, it…
READ FULL STORYBy JOHN ROBERTSON Too little effort is going into attracting new business to the council-run port of Sullom Voe while Orkney Islands Council pulls in…
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