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In The Shetland Times this week...• Former SIC leader Gary Robinson takes top job at the health board.• Homes are ready for Syrian refugee families.• Body found in search for missing woman.• NHS Shetland in talks with Holyrood over 1.6 million budget blackhole.• Plus tw... Read more...
Former SIC political leader Gary Robinson, who lost his council seat at last month’s elections, is The Shetland Times’ new columnist. For his first article, published in last week's paper, we asked Mr Robinson to reflect on the achievements of the last council and to consider what challenges the... Read more...
SIC ELECTION – Ten new faces will be seen in the SIC's debating chamber over the next five years, with several of the first-time council candidates being given a vote of confidence by the electorate. (more…) Read more...
The Scottish government has backed down from its controversial plans to scrap the Highlands and Islands Enterprise board, following months of political arguments about the move.The SNP administration's economy secretary, Keith Brown, has announced to Holyrood that the board will not, after all, ... Read more...
A call for the council to be more open to public scrutiny was defeated by an overwhelming majority at a meeting this morning. (more…) Read more...
Shetland Islands Council is asking residents to discuss and prioritise how they would like to see £100,000 spent on local services.The council has been successful in applying to the Scottish government's Community Choices Fund for money to build on existing Participatory Budgeting (PB) work, to... Read more...
Following Wednesday’s announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of an additional £350 million of funding for Scotland, the leaders of Shetland and Orkney Islands Councils have written to the Scottish government repeating their calls for further support for inter-island transport.SIC pol... Read more...
The wheels came off Scottish government's controversial plans to scrap the Highlands and Islands Enterprise board following a heavy Holyrood defeat.Members of all opposition parties united in demanding the SNP administration reconsider its proposals to establish a new management body to oversee ... Read more...
The first of this season’s Althing debates drew a considerable crowd. It’s hard to say whether this was due to its central location (Isleburgh) or the motion: “Brexit is best for Shetland”.Either way, the evening was a thought-provoking one, with four informative and engaging speakers, w... Read more...
A front page article in The Shetland Times dated 1st July (Members say "no" to councillor trustees) goes on to quote councillor Allan Wishart as saying that "the conflict of interest was a real problem ... it means that councillor trustees are really not much use to the trust or the council".Cou... Read more...