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The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland is seeking the public's views on new proposals for ward boundaries in the isles. The Commission have today announced a public consultation, set to run until Monday 2nd December, in order to take into account the views of local communities befo... Read more...
MSP Beatrice Wishart has pressed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on whether the Scottish government will live up to promises made during the by-election campaign. At First Minister’s Questions the new MSP asked Ms Sturgeon to set out the Government’s priorities for action on the lifeline servi... Read more...
Shetland's new MSP Beatrice Wishart was sworn in at Holyrood on Tuesday and immediately vowed to try and improve nursery care in the isles. (more…) Read more...
Voting is under way in the Shetland by-election to select a new MSP. (more…) Read more...
Plans to suspend the Westminster parliament have been condemned as an "outrage" by Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael. (more…) Read more...
Candidates in the Shetland by-election are set to face questions from pupils and young voters at the Brae High School. Follow live updates below. Brae High School history teacher Irvine Tait opens proceedings by introducing the nine candidates who have attended the hustings. UKIP's Stuart Martin... Read more...
Scottish Greens by-election candidate Debra Nicolson has called for the "beginning of the end" of the North Sea oil industry. Her comments come after first oil flowed from the Mariner field east of Shetland – the biggest North Sea oil development in over a decade. Some 300 million barrels of... Read more...
SNP by-election candidate Tom Wills has vowed to lobby the First Minister to back his travel policy proposals on his first day in office if elected as Shetland's MSP. Outlining his five-point plan to slash travel costs in the isles the Holyrood hopeful this week asked voters for 18 months to prov... Read more...
Labour by-election candidate Johan Adamson has criticised the SNP's handling of Scottish education. (more…) Read more...
Shetlanders will vote for their new MSP in a by-election expected to be held on Thursday 29th August. (more…) Read more...