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New schools plan would see Whalsay pupils stay in island until end of S3
School pupils in Yell, Unst and Whalsay could continue receiving secondary education until the end of S3 before transferring to the Anderson High under revised
READ FULL STORYMP insists isles’ postal service is safe as union rails against ‘despicable’ Royal Mail sell-off
Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael has insisted Shetland will not be left with a threadbare postal service following privatisation this autumn.
READ FULL STORYThe Shetlander who mapped Jamaica
Shetland’s assistant archivist Joanne Wishart was in Edinburgh on Thursday night to give a sell-out talk on a little-known islander who produced a remarkably accurate
READ FULL STORYSmall step to address housing shortage as tenants move into Burnbank homes
The first tenants are to move into new council houses at Burnbank in the north end of Lerwick on Tuesday.
READ FULL STORYHousing debt: London and Edinburgh treating isles ‘like a ping-pong ball’ as petition reaches 2,000 mark
Two thousand people have now signed this newspaper’s petition urging the UK and Scottish Governments to write off the SIC’s crippling £40 million housing debt.
READ FULL STORYPetrofac plans to bring third accommodation barge to town
Petrofac is looking into the possibility of bringing a third accommodation barge to Lerwick to house gas plant construction workers later this summer.
READ FULL STORYCharitable trust grant to pensioners unlikely to continue in present form
A means-tested £300 Christmas grant paid out to hundreds of pensioners and disabled people is unlikely to continue beyond December in its present form, according
READ FULL STORYGray: big savings if SIC ditches fund manager and changes investment policy
The SIC can save £300,000-a-year by changing the way its oil reserves are invested on UK and world money markets, according to its finance chief.
READ FULL STORYHighlander Sermanni to bring beguiling, dreams-inspired songs to Mareel
It is hard to imagine another small community so spoiled for concerts and festivals. “There’s dat muckle on” seems to be the most commonly heard
READ FULL STORYSIC frustrated by continued government inaction on housing debt
Shetland Islands Council is urging the UK and Scottish Governments to recognise the “critical” urgency of arranging talks to resolve its outstanding £40 million housing
READ FULL STORYMareel’s future guaranteed as SIC agrees 99-year lease for £1.1m
Mareel’s future as a cinema and music venue is safe after the SIC agreed to purchase a 99-year “long lease” on the building for £1.1
READ FULL STORYNew AHS a step nearer reality as plans are lodged
The SIC has kicked off a three-month consultation on plans for the new Anderson High School.
READ FULL STORYTenants angry at prospect of rent hike if debt is not dropped
Council house tenants have reacted angrily to the prospect of a 10 per cent rent rise if the government does not write off the SIC’s
READ FULL STORYSkerries folk vow to carry on fight to keep secondary school
“In no circumstances is this Skerries community giving up the fight”. The defiant words of Ann Anderson summed up the mood music among the 25
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