Threat to jobs and services as council faces £17 million budget shortfall next year
The council is facing a projected budget shortfall of up to £17 million next year as the national financial crisis bites, which means jobs will
READ FULL STORYThe council is facing a projected budget shortfall of up to £17 million next year as the national financial crisis bites, which means jobs will
READ FULL STORYNorth Roe, Ollaberry, Urafirth, Olnafirth, Skeld, Happyhansel, Uyeasound. What have they all got in common? Rhetorical!
READ FULL STORYThe front page main headline in last week’s Shetland Times almost sent an icy shiver down my spine. It read “Banks eager to lend lion’s
READ FULL STORYFormer SIC chief executive David Clark claimed today he inherited a “rudderless” local authority and warned that it would take a fresh set of elections
READ FULL STORYThe ugly dispute which led to the payoff to David Clark and tarnished Shetland Islands Council’s reputation could have been nipped in the bud had
READ FULL STORYSenior council colleagues of assistant chief executive Willie Shannon sat and discussed deleting his job without his knowledge a month and a half before he
READ FULL STORYA group of Shetland swimmers took part in the six-day British Gas Scottish Open Championships last week, with the highlight being Felix Gifford of Delting
READ FULL STORYShetland Wheelers cyclists struck gold last weekend by winning both the men’s and women’s Scottish 50-mile time trial championships.
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