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Isles MSP Tavish Scott has welcomed the SIC’s decision to scrap unpopular plans to charge senior pupils board for staying at the Janet Courtney Hostel, but called on the local authority to examine the legality of proposals before publishing them in future. Today, councillors unanimously backed he... Read more...
Shetland Charitable Trust has won approval from regulator OSCR for its proposal to slim down from 24 to 15 trustees, seven from the council and eight chosen by a selection panel. OSCR received 68 objections to the reorganisation but concluded overall that the new scheme would allow what is one of S... Read more...
Forget saying it with flowers, spraying it with slurry spreads the message much more widely and has got a whole village talking. Cunningsburgh residents woke up on Monday to see the field at Tow bearing the names of lovebirds Iain and Fiona, written in the brown stuff. The couple, Iain Currie from... Read more...
The SIC is to write to the three religious representatives appointed to its education and families committee asking them not to take up their positions. Councillors today agreed to install Radina McKay of the Shetland Inter Faith Group and Shetland Churches Council Trust nominee Martin Tregonning ... Read more...