Cluness hopes charitable trust referendum can be held before council elections
Shetland Islands Council convener Sandy Cluness has admitted he was surprised his call for a referendum on the future of Shetland Charitable Trust won the
READ FULL STORYShetland Islands Council convener Sandy Cluness has admitted he was surprised his call for a referendum on the future of Shetland Charitable Trust won the
READ FULL STORYShetland Islands Council paid out £8,000 to help a newly hired employee move to the islands from south even though they were not entitled to
READ FULL STORYShetland’s new police chief took up his duties this week. Newly promoted chief inspector Angus Macinnes was appointed the new area commander for Shetland to
READ FULL STORYShetland Islands Council assistant chief executive Willie Shannon has taken up a one-year secondment as “strategic development manager” with Shetland Recreational Trust.
READ FULL STORYAs all students of politics in Shetland over the last few years know, leadership from elected councillors has not featured strongly. Now that the reforms
READ FULL STORY25 Years Ago At least 26 more jobs are to go at the OIL supply base at Greenhead, Lerwick, bringing the total redundancies to 54
READ FULL STORY“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible,” wrote George Orwell in 1946.
READ FULL STORYFoula: The Time of My Life by Christopher Mylne. Islands Book Trust, £20. As a young man in the early 1950s Chris Mylne was looking
READ FULL STORYEarly last week Jonathan Wills posed the question (in a fair and measured way) of how I could remain a minister in the coalition government
READ FULL STORYAnd then forever by Christine De Luca. The Shetland Times Ltd, £7.99. Christine De Luca’s welcome first novel follows a trusted formula – a family
READ FULL STORYSeeker: Ken Campbell, His Five Amazing Lives by Jeff Merrifield. Published by Playback Publications, £15.99. I never met Ken Campbell and yet felt that I
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