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Major cuts are likely at the social enterprise company COPE this year, after a significant reduction in the funding it receives from the council. But rumours about where these cuts might fall have been dismissed by the chairman of the organisation’s board of directors. Jimmy Smith explained that... Read more...
The council has admitted to an embarrassing lack of knowledge about the number of “low value” properties that it owns. (more…) Read more...
A woman embezzled more than £5,000 in public money after her initial pilfering “snowballed” out of control. Diane Pottinger, 29, of Hillhead in Lerwick helped herself to the money while she worked at the SIC’s infrastructure department. Pottinger initially took £20 to help cover living cos... Read more...
The operators of the troubled Cormorant Alpha platform have begun the process of restoring the flow of oil through the Brent pipeline system after a small leak forced a second shut-down in just two months. (more…) Read more...