Councillors vote down call for more public scrutiny
A call for the council to be more open was defeated by an overwhelming majority at a meeting this morning.
READ FULL STORYA call for the council to be more open was defeated by an overwhelming majority at a meeting this morning.
READ FULL STORYOfficials have declined to confirm claims that the SIC has agreed liability for the cost of repairs to its troubled headquarters, nearly six months after
READ FULL STORYCouncillors and health officials were this morning locked in behind closed door discussions in an effort to wrestle with funding shortages for the integration joint
READ FULL STORYThe whole of Shetland will be absolutely delighted that their three per cent rise in Council Tax is to raise an extra £258,000, just barely
READ FULL STORYAs 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
READ FULL STORYSagging floors are to blame for the evacuation of the £7.3 million SIC headquarters at North Ness in Lerwick, engineers have determined.
READ FULL STORYShetland Islands Council can expect a further period of austerity over the coming years, according to an Audit Scotland report commissioned by the Accounts Commission.
READ FULL STORYThe discarded Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) which Holyrood argued would increase ferry fares to the isles should not be taken off the table.
READ FULL STORYSigns of renewed hope are emerging in Skerries with plans to have air services to and from the remote island reinstated.
READ FULL STORYThe 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…
READ FULL STORYA positive report from Audit Scotland has claimed that the council is on stable financial footing and is working hard to ensure future financial sustainability.
READ FULL STORYLarge stretches of road throughout Shetland have gone without road markings for several weeks owing to budget cuts. As the council does not have the…
READ FULL STORYAn incoming emergency helicopter smashed a car window and is thought to have hurled a parasol through the air into the grille of a van
READ FULL STORYThe Whalsay ferry service is operating on a single ferry for the rest of today, due to technical issues with the Linga, the SIC has…
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