Doubt cast on legality of referendum as trustees voice frustration
Plans to stage a community-wide referendum on the make-up of Shetland Charitable Trust remain shrouded in uncertainty after trustees heard today that there was “some
READ FULL STORYDay: 10 November 2011
NHS chiefs promise improvement in dental care after ‘difficult year’
Senior NHS Shetland officials this week offered assurances that measures are being taken to eliminate a lengthy dental patient waiting list dating back several years.
READ FULL STORYDay hospital at Montfield formally closed as home care proves successful
The formal decision to close the intermim placement unit and associated day hospital at Lerwick’s Montfield Hospital was taken at a board meeting of NHS
READ FULL STORYMalaysian man in court on sex charge
A man appeared in private at Lerwick Sheriff Court today charged with carrying out a sexual offence.
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock
Why the sudden urgency among some trustees to rush into the referendum on the future of Shetland Charitable Trust? Surely it would be prudent first
READ FULL STORYSpaekalation
As you are all aware, the mystery of the cave paintings aside, art always comes into being as soon as a society produces enough surplus
READ FULL STORYRestoring council solvency is much more important than reputations
“This island is almost made of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organising genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish in Great
READ FULL STORYLetter from Edinburgh
The Olympic Torch is coming to Shetland next June and will be paraded through Lerwick.
READ FULL STORYTimes Past
Three years ago Shetland Islands Council changed its mind and left Lerwick Community Council with a load of old cobbles – £8,000 worth of granite
READ FULL STORYToo quick to criticise (David Smith)
In reply to Ian Scott’s letter “Cuts are not inevitable”, I would like to clarify the situation with regard to the council’s support for agriculture.
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