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The council has more work to do to demonstrate the educational benefit of its proposal to shut Scalloway’s secondary department, according to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education (HMIe).After a highly emotive consultation with the community this autumn, the schools service today published... Read more...
Pupils from Skerries would benefit from a broader educational experience if the island's secondary department was closed and they travelled to the Anderson High School in Lerwick, according to the council.(more…) Read more...
Shetland Charitable Trust and Shetland Islands Council have together appointed one of Scotland's top lawyers to give a legal opinion on whether the trust needs to reform its constitution and reduce the number of councillor-trustees.(more…) Read more...
Redman + Sutherland Architects of Scalloway has scooped another commendation for Shetland in the Inverness Architectural Awards new buildings section.The results were announced at the bi-annual regional awards ceremony in Strathpeffer on Friday night.(more…) Read more...
More than a hundred pensioners will miss their Christmas dinner this year as a tradition established more than 30 years ago comes to an end.(more…) Read more...
Following recent Readers' Views letters which complain that often the public do not receive answers from their local councillors, my advice is "keep on asking".(more…) Read more...
NorthLink is warning of potential disruption to sailings over the next few days with gale force south-easterly winds forecast between later today and Friday.(more…) Read more...
A name has been chosen for NorthLink's new freight vessel which will replace the Clare. It will be called Helliar following a competition.(more…) Read more...
Northern Constabulary is set to re-launch its cadet scheme, with spaces for 10 young people from across the Highlands and Islands.(more…) Read more...
Having listened to the big windfarm debate on Radio Shetland I feel sorry for Allan Wishart, Bobby Hunter and Chris Bunyan, who feel that they had such a poor life in the 1950s and 60s.(more…) Read more...