Clothing grant for pre-school pupils faces axe
Clothing grants of £40 paid out to parents and carers of pre-school children will become a thing of the past if councillors wave through a
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Campaign calls on governments to wipe £40 million housing debt
The Shetland Times today launches a campaign aimed at getting the UK and Scottish governments to honour past promises to wipe out the SIC’s £40
READ FULL STORYHayfield: shutting Olnafirth and Skerries could save £170,000 a year
The SIC estimates it would save around £170,000 a year by shutting Voe’s small primary school and Skerries’ three-pupil secondary department.
READ FULL STORYKnab skate park plans delayed again
The brakes have been put on long-running proposals to create Lerwick’s new £214,000 skate park until fuller plans have been scrutinised by councillors.
READ FULL STORYPlanning committee asked to approve charging points for electric cars
The council’s new charging points for electric cars have been installed to address the “chicken and egg” problem that prevents people from buying alternatively-powered vehicles.
READ FULL STORY“Several factors” caused collision between tug and tanker
There were no mechanical, electrical or control system failures onboard the council’s tug Solan when she collided with the tanker Loch Rannoch at Sullom Voe
READ FULL STORYDuncan: cuts forced on SIC by ‘absolute shambles’ of past councils
The SIC is having to make “draconian” cuts because of reckless spending resulting from shambolic governance and an absence of strong leadership since the turn
READ FULL STORYGray: squandering of oil money since 2000 caused SIC spending crisis
Shetland Islands Council would not be facing any school closures or cuts to its ferries budget if it hadn’t squandered tens of millions of pounds
READ FULL STORYJunior youth clubs could bear brunt of latest round of cuts
Cuts of 25 per cent are to be made from the council’s youth services this year and junior youth clubs and part-time youth workers seem
READ FULL STORYBell will use Faroese meeting to lobby for Norröna sailings to be restored
The SIC will this week renew diplomatic ties with Faroe – partly in the hope of getting Smyril Line ferry the Norröna to stop off
READ FULL STORYReport highlights “grave reservations” over ferry decision
The council’s decision to base the ferry Filla in Skerries will be overturned this week after a major risk assessment highlighted “grave reservations” about the
READ FULL STORYSIC free to decide when to kick off school closure consultations
The prospect of school closures has moved a step closer following the release of the long-awaited findings of a commission looking at Scottish rural education.
READ FULL STORYLocal firms must be able to bid for big contracts, says Scott
Shetland MSP Tavish Scott has again raised a series of “fundamental” unanswered questions about the awarding of the new Anderson High School contract in the
READ FULL STORYFreefield lunch club will close next month
The lunch club at the Freefield Centre is to close on 22nd May but the service will transfer to Islesburgh Community Centre.
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