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Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael has reacted to a Shetland Fishermen's Association (SFA) briefing about the state of North Sea cod stocks, demanding that fishermen are put at the heart of decision-making. (more…) Read more...
Shetland's new MSP has been given the role of education spokeswoman for the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Beatrice Wishart said she was delighted to be given the job, as well as a seat on the Scottish Parliament’s education committee, just over a week after she was elected to represent the isles ... Read more...
Boris Johnson may have his hands full with Brexit, but extra correspondence will be landing in his in-tray soon – from Lerwick Community Council. Members agreed at their meeting on Monday night to write to the Prime Minister and register their concerns about the process in which the UK is withd... Read more...
A number of people took the streets of Lerwick on Saturday to protest against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's planned "prorogation" of the UK parliament. Around two dozen gathered at the Market Cross in the afternoon before heading along Commerial Street and up to Lerwick Town Hall. The... Read more...
Plans to suspend the Westminster parliament have been condemned as an "outrage" by Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael. (more…) Read more...
Labour candidate for the Shetland by-election Johan Adamson has welcomed UK party leader Jeremy Corbyn's plan to avoid a "no-deal" Brexit at all costs. (more…) Read more...
Shetland's Tory candidate has issued a challenge to his by-election rivals to join him in signing a pledge to restore UK control over its fishing grounds. The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has previously asked all politicians at Holyrood to sign its Brexit ‘Sea of Opportunity’ pledge, and... Read more...
The breakdown of how Shetlanders voted in the European Parliament elections has been declared with the Liberal Democrats getting the most support. (more…) Read more...
Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael has renewed his calls for another referendum, commenting after Prime Minister Theresa May announced she was to step down. In an emotional statement outside 10 Downing Street, Mrs May said she would resign on Friday 7th June – paving the way for a leadershi... Read more...
The Tory government should listen more carefully to the concerns of farmers and crofters ahead of the UK withdrawal from the EU. (more…) Read more...