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Improved broadband looms as plan to link to Faroese cable hardens up
Councillors look set to be asked to sanction a £1 million spend on connecting the isles’ infrastructure to a fibre optic cable from Faroe, with
READ FULL STORYEnergy-saving project aims to lower carbon emissions by 28,000 tonnes
Amid all the furore over the environmental benefits or otherwise of Viking Energy’s windfarm, a lower key and significantly less contentious project is ambitiously seeking
READ FULL STORYIsles pupils do well in exams, easily outperforming the Scottish average
Weeks of suspense came to an end for hundreds of pupils around Shetland as the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) exam results for 2009 began arriving
READ FULL STORYPollution watchdog warns that windfarm will damage the environment
Scotland’s pollution watchdog has lodged a formal objection to the Viking Energy windfarm plan because, the body says, it will have a negative effect on
READ FULL STORYFootball squad expects tough inter-county contest against Orkney
Less than a month on from the Island Games in Åland, Shetland’s footballers will be back in action on Saturday against their nearest and dearest
READ FULL STORYDepth of public opposition to new school on Knab site made clear
SIC councillors and top officials were left in no doubt as to the scale and strength of community opposition to siting the new Anderson High
READ FULL STORYCountry singer Earle to play in Shetland as part of UK tour
The isles’ legion of country music fans should be in for a rare old treat leading up to the festive period when Virginian-born outlaw poet
READ FULL STORYCost consultants appointed for independent review of high school
A cost consultancy firm has been appointed by the SIC as its independent review into the respective merits of the Knab and Clickimin sites for
READ FULL STORYRave night in aid of charity helping children in Kenya
Dance music fans will have the opportunity to transport themselves back to the halcyon days of the early 1990s with an old school rave night
READ FULL STORYCouncillors defy legal advice and agree to press on with windfarm vote
Councillors have defied legal advice that they face an “irreconcilable” conflict of interest and will proceed with a vote on the proposed Viking Energy windfarm.
READ FULL STORYCouncillors must make collective judgement on windfarm for sake of democracy
Democracy will have “utterly failed” if councillors agree on Wednesday to adopt the “untenable” position that they cannot make a formal recommendation to Scottish ministers
READ FULL STORYYoung footballer Gibbs signs up for Aberdeen at the age of 13
Talented young footballer Cameron Gibbs has signed for the youth team of Scottish Premier League side Aberdeen.
READ FULL STORYCommittee set up to forge ‘long-term partnership’ with oil industry
SIC chief executive David Clark has set up an oil strategy committee with a view to holding discussions with the terminal operators on the future
READ FULL STORYMedals are scarce but consistency of archers sees them on podium four times
From Neil Riddell in Åland It has been a patchy week in terms of medal successes for Shetland’s youthful team of 94 athletes and competitors
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