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I thank Andrew Halcrow for the courtesy of replying to my letter, and also thank him for his kind words in respect to my tenure as an SIC councillor and Shetland Charitable Trust trustee. Andrew has had the good grace to admit that Sustainable Shetland does not have a viable project plan to maintai... Read more...
With 48 hours to go, Scalloway is gearing up for the official opening of its museum by the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg. Finishing touches are being made to the museum and preparations for a community parade and party are well underway. The event will begin with a visit by Mr Stoltenb... Read more...
Two puffins have been used to test the speed and reliability of Shetland's new high speed broadband link. Images of Tammie and Norie, the subjects of the RSPB PuffinCam at Sumburgh Head which streams live footage of the birds, were relayed via the Shetland Telecom fibre optic link. Shetland Teleco... Read more...
Pupils from Olnafirth School in Voe are turning into budding scientists with the development of a wave machine that is in line for a national prize. The project started when prinicipal teacher Rachel Colclough, who runs a science club at the school, received an email from a Scottish organisation ab... Read more...
I am writing to you on behalf of Sustainable Shetland regarding Shetland Charitable Trust. We were concerned by the gravity of the situation which prompted OSCR to intervene to prohibit trustees convening a meeting at short notice for the purpose of deciding whether to commit £6.3 million of charit... Read more...