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Mounting calls are being made for the Scottish government to dig deep and help fund internal ferries – on the back of several ferry breakdowns. (more…) Read more...
Shetland Islands Council can expect a further period of austerity over the coming years, according to an Audit Scotland report commissioned by the Accounts Commission. Shetland, along with the Western Isles, remains the local authority with the highest funding per head in Scotland at just over £... Read more...
The council’s apparent refusal to accept Norwegian funding for a tunnel from the Mainland to Whalsay was aired at Saturday’s biannual meeting of the Association of Shetland Community Councils. Following a robust exchange of views, the question of fixed links to Whalsay and other islands is li... Read more...
A seminar is to be held this summer for councillors to look at the viability of creating fixed links in the isles. (more…) Read more...