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Film and literature at Screenplay and Wordplay
Last weekend was more cultured than most in Lerwick as 2,500 attendees gorged themselves on film and literature at this year’s Screenplay and Wordplay festivals.
READ FULL STORYMurray steps down as Shetland Arts chairman to concentrate on writing
Shetland Arts chairman Donald Murray has stepped down from his post in order to concentrate on his writing career, with vice-chairman Jim Johnston stepping up
READ FULL STORYFaroese invite Shetland delegation to see how broadband is done
A delegation from the isles is being invited to Faroe to see how the community there is able to provide almost its entire population with
READ FULL STORY‘People power’ wins the day as new Anderson High School flits to Staney Hill
Councillors have settled upon the lower Staney Hill as the preferred site for a new Anderson High School in the wake of an unprecedented display
READ FULL STORYAmenity trust awarded contract to promote isles as tourism destination
Shetland Amenity Trust (SAT) has been awarded an initial two-year contract to operate new tourist organisation Promote Shetland, it was announced on Thursday. Earlier this…
READ FULL STORYUnions hit out at Clark over ‘intolerable’ treatment of Shannon
SIC chief executive David Clark has come under more fire for his decision to “delete” the position of assistant chief executive Willie Shannon, with unions
READ FULL STORYSIC chief executive criticised for ‘demoting’ his assistant
SIC chief executive David Clark has announced the creation of a new senior management position to help oversee the drawing up of a long-term list
READ FULL STORYSIC to develop idea for Shetland Telecom company
Islanders may be able to get their broadband and telephone services through a new public sector-backed company called Shetland Telecom in a few years’ time.
READ FULL STORYSchool review says Staney Hill would be more expensive as petitions reach 2,000 signatures
Shifting the new Anderson High School to the lower Staney Hill could add between £6-10 million to the price tag compared to the existing Knab
READ FULL STORYAmbitious plan for Shetland base in centre of Edinburgh
A piece of prime retail estate in Edinburgh city centre could be bought at a cost of more than half a million pounds of public
READ FULL STORYCouncil buys house next door to on-hold new Anderson High School
The SIC is in the process of buying one of three properties which it says would be “blighted” during the construction phase of the new
READ FULL STORYDisquiet as councillors are asked to fill pension black hole for Shetland Towage
Councillors have called for a chapter-and-verse report into the circumstances behind the SIC’s decision to incorporate Shetland Towage earlier this decade as they ponder how
READ FULL STORYTrust wants to extend three rural leisure centres at cost of £300,000
Shetland Recreational Trust wants to build fitness suites to extend three of its rural leisure centres around the isles at a cost of £300,000.
READ FULL STORYFinance chief proposes £20 million outlay to tackle housing crisis
The SIC’s coffers are in robust health despite the worst recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s, prompting its head of finance to suggest
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