Campaigners wait to learn fate of Freefield Centre
Pensioners will head to the town hall on Wednesday for a special council meeting to hear the final decision on Lerwick’s Freefield Centre, due for
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Two councillors resign from trust in protest at SYIS decision
Two councillors have resigned from Shetland Charitable Trust following its controversial decision to withdraw all funding to the Shetland Youth Information Service (SYIS).
READ FULL STORYFirst bulky waste collections as new recyling bins introduced
The council’s first bulky uplift collection took place on Tuesday at Virkie and resulted in five electrical items being collected.
READ FULL STORYCommunity councils fear cuts will have serious impact
Community councils fear they will not be able to afford to pay their clerks’ salaries, following a 30 per cent budget cut.
READ FULL STORYSupport COPE by shopping there, urges convener
Anyone who is distressed by the cuts to social enterprise COPE should support it by buying its products, said council convener Malcolm Bell.
READ FULL STORYPublic toilets must stay open – community council
The public toilets at the Knab must stay open at all costs, members of Lerwick Community Council agreed on Monday.
READ FULL STORYSocial care charges will pull more into poverty trap, says vice-chairman
The council’s social services committee has agreed to start charging for providing social care services, including home helps.
READ FULL STORYFuture of lunch club ‘dragging on’ as councillors defer Freefield decision
Pensioners will have to wait to find out if the council-run Freefield Centre where they meet to have cheap lunches has a future.
READ FULL STORYFly-tipping fears raised after heap of building waste found
Fears have been raised that withdrawal of the rural skips service could lead to a big increase in illegal fly-tipping, after a heap of rubbish
READ FULL STORYPensioners explore options to save lunch club
Pensioners using the lunch club at the closure-threatened Freefield Centre have agreed to consider moving to another venue.
READ FULL STORYFreefield Centre faces closure at end of May
The Freefield Centre, which provides lunches for old folk, will close at the end of May, it is proposed.
READ FULL STORYBuilding firms concerned AHS contract is ‘closed shop’
Local construction firms are seeking assurances that they still have a role to play in the £36 million new Anderson High School project.
READ FULL STORYConstruction giant Miller awarded contract to build new AHS
One of the UK’s largest building companies, Miller Construction, has been awarded the contract to build the new Anderson High School in Lerwick.
READ FULL STORYSIC wants to ditch rural registrars and centralise service in town
Registration of births, deaths and marriages could be centralised in Lerwick, with the closure of 20 home-based rural registrar offices.
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