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Two-hour wait for car accident victim
By NEIL RIDDELL A teenager escaped with minor injuries after his car left the road and slipped 30 metres down an embankment in high winds…
READ FULL STORYMinister approves tourism body
By NEIL RIDDELL The new tourism body set up to differentiate Shetland from the centralised “tartan and shortbread” image projected by VisitScotland has been given…
READ FULL STORYTrustee criticises Slap over £8 million hangar investment
By NEIL RIDDELL The new aircraft hangar at Scatsta Airport should be completed by the spring after delays in the project, which is being funded…
READ FULL STORYWindfarm plagued by indecision
By NEIL RIDDELL The future direction of the controversial Viking Energy windfarm project is shrouded in doubt after councillor-trustees again deferred a decision on sanctioning…
READ FULL STORYTrustees approve ‘fantasy’ budget
By NEIL RIDDELL Trustees of Shetland Charitable Trust are “living in a world of fantasy” having approved a budget of £12.36 million and rejected two…
READ FULL STORYGroup to look at budget shortfall in capital spend
By NEIL RIDDELL Councillors have agreed to establish a working group charged with the ominous task of squeezing a projected capital spend of £36.5 million…
READ FULL STORYFinance chief warns of ‘big challenge’ in meeting single status agreement costs
By NEIL RIDDELL Shetland Islands Council has agreed to freeze council tax rates and has set a projected revenue spend of £104.3 million for the…
READ FULL STORYCouncillors vote to build new £49m high school at the Knab
After a period of deliberation spanning almost two decades, councillors agreed yesterday that the project to build a £49 million new Anderson High School on…
READ FULL STORYHighest spend per pupil in Scotland: the rationale behind need to make big savings
By NEIL RIDDELL The Blueprint for Education document is the SIC’s latest attempt in a series of exercises aimed at finding savings from its £34.5…
READ FULL STORYCouncil spending D-Day looms
By NEIL RIDDELL Councillors will have to hammer out a final agreement on their capital programme for the next year at a Full Council meeting…
READ FULL STORYHeavy criticism over high vehicle spending
By NEIL RIDDELL A councillor is calling for an independent investigation into how much public money has been wasted on replacing and expanding the local…
READ FULL STORYPower station operators explore link to district heating scheme
By NEIL RIDDELL Recent discussions between the council and SSE about linking Lerwick’s proposed new power station with the district heating scheme were broadly successful,…
READ FULL STORYCouncil chief executive resigns
Morgan Goodlad has resigned as chief executive of Shetland Islands Council and will be stepping down from the post, which he has held for a…
READ FULL STORYCouncillors to begin debate on reform of charitable trust at regulator’s request
By NEIL RIDDELL Councillors may lose majority control over a substantial chunk of Shetland’s oil funds as the charitable trust begins to undergo a gradual…
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