Emergency tug contract extended again as talks on standby replacement continue
Talks aimed at securing the long-term future of emergency tug cover around Shetland will continue for a further month.
READ FULL STORYTalks aimed at securing the long-term future of emergency tug cover around Shetland will continue for a further month.
READ FULL STORYThere’s a lot of discussion presently about the 2km distance of wind turbines from dwellings.
READ FULL STORYThe charities regulator OSCR intervened to prevent Shetland Charitable Trust holding a meeting on the next tranche of funding for the Viking Energy windfarm because
READ FULL STORYShetland’s Young Fiddler of 2012 is 14-year-old Laura Smith from Cunningsburgh, with Fraser Tait of Sandwick runner-up and Sophie Moar from Cunningsburgh and Callum Watt
READ FULL STORYA young mother called off a fight with an old adversary because she could not find a babysitter to look after her child.
READ FULL STORYInvestment decisions by the Shetland Charitable Trust (SCT), as presently constituted, lie with the newly elected councillors for Shetland Island Council (SIC) as SCT trustees,…
READ FULL STORYAs soon as I learned of the Shetland Charitable Trust meeting arranged for Monday 30th April, I contacted my SIC representatives Florence Grains, Frank Robertson…
READ FULL STORYI went along to the Lerwick South hustings this afternoon [Saturday], and asked the six candidates who had turned up a question. Is a cut…
READ FULL STORYCommunities and individuals have both rights and responsibilities – enshrined in the UNECE Aarhus Convention – to demand the highest standards in environmental decision-making. Where…
READ FULL STORYEileen Thomson (Readers’ Views, 27th April) rightly draws attention to the growing public concern over the future of the dementia care centre at Viewforth. At…
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