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The police stations in Scalloway and Dunrossness could close as part of a major £4.7 million cost-cutting exercise across the Northern Constabulary area.Opening times at the Lerwick station could also be halved to just 12 hours per day, with calls made to Lerwick outwith those hours being d... Read more...
The sale of the Brentwood Hotel in Aberdeen to Shetland businessman Robert Smith’s hotel group has fallen through.(more…) Read more...
The European Commission must not be allowed to delay the introduction of the proposed pilot scheme to reduce the cost of petrol and diesel in the isles by cutting five pence a litre from fuel duty, according to MSP Tavish Scott.(more…) Read more...
I write in response to Billy Fox's ill-judged comments in The Shetland Times of 8th October. It contains a personal attack on me. I am used to that and can take it. However, the attack on members of the Association of Shetland Community Councils, and on my long-term role as vice-chairman of that bod... Read more...
It was with real astonishment that I read in the addendum to the Viking Energy windfarm application of what they call the “do nothing scenario” regarding the state of our hills. In this, the ornithology section, Viking claims that some two thirds of the blanket bog on the site is in poor conditi... Read more...
The “unrepresentative meetings” Laughton Johnston mentions in his letter were four consultation meetings hosted by Shetland Islands Council in 2009 to gauge public opinion on the proposed Viking Energy windfarm. All showed a clear majority against. This was also reflected in a Shetland Times pol... Read more...
An Aberdeen man made a second private appearance at Lerwick Sheriff Court on drugs charges on Tuesday.(more…) Read more...