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Vote counting in the Shetland by-election is under way at the Clickimin centre in Lerwick to announce the next isles MSP. A total of 10 candidates, representing six parties and four independents, are vying to be the isles’ new representative following the resignation of long-standing politician... Read more...
A pub manager who was convicted of assault after pushing a barred customer and causing him to break his wrist has been allowed to keep his personal licence. (more…) Read more...
The most vulnerable residents must be protected in the face of deep budget cuts, two councillors have warned. Shetland Central representative Ian Scott and Shetland West member Catherine Hughson were both elected for the first time in May. They have urged Shetland Islands Council to dip into i... Read more...
As much as I enjoy every Friday catching up with the weekly goings-on within the Wir Shetland family, I think someone should tell them that the good ship "SS Non-Politics" set sail many years ago. Indeed we are enjoying the fruits of its very voyage as we breathe. Our SIC councillors have long si... Read more...
As the predictable, horrifying consequences of our referendum become apparent – more massive cuts in welfare expenditure, more massive cuts in our education and health budgets, and even greater moves to privatise anything that the City and its friends can make a killing on, isn’t it suitably t... Read more...