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A call has been made for Shetlanders to boycott the forthcoming drive to recruit independent trustees to sit on the new-look Shetland Charitable Trust. The hope is that public revulsion towards the selection rather than election of a majority of trustees will force the charity regulator OSCR to step... Read more...
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Viking Energy Shetland is in trouble with its main owner, Shetland Charitable Trust, after dismissing its request to consider compensating property owners if their houses drop in value due to the windfarm. The company had responded that there was no evidence windfarms caused house prices to fall an... Read more...
We are once again seeking your nominations for the best performing sportspeople in the isles for the Shetland Sports Awards. The sixth annual celebration of sporting achievement will be held in the bowls hall at the Clickimin Leisure Complex on Friday 16th November. This year’s event, sponsored ... Read more...
Police are investigating a report of a laser pen having been shone at a motorist who was driving on the A970 at Wormadale. The beam is believed to have come from the Nesbister area. A Northern Constabulary spokesman said use of a laser pen in this manner was extremely reckless and could have had ca... Read more...
Sports fixtures for the coming week: SENIOR FOOTBALL (Due to adverse weather, players should check with their managers in case change of date, time or venue has happened.) FRIDAY 14th – G&S Flooring Premier League: Ness United v Delting. Mind Your Head Reserve League: Whalsay B v Spurs B at... Read more...
"If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around." (Jim Rohn). Every Shetlander's future depends on education. Shetlanders have shouted loud and clear that education must be the priority. The wrong road has been emba... Read more...
Well now, it is official – the great god of Mammon, Bill Manson, has spoken: if you live within the windfarm cluster and your property free-falls into negative equity don't come greeting to Viking Energy. If you live within the windfarm cluster and your property is un-insurable and gets swept awa... Read more...
Of course Scotty van der Tol, writing in last week's Readers' Views, is right. Shamefully we were not as engaged in the Scalloway closure debate as we should have been. A determined and unified campaign, then, by all of Shetland's junior high schools and their respective rural areas would have put ... Read more...
Five directors with special skills are to be sought for the windfarm company Viking Energy Shetland LLP (VES), which is owned by Shetland Charitable Trust and private local wind energy investors Viking Wind Limited. They could be paid £20,000-£25,000 a year to help get the windfarm up and running.... Read more...