Council house tenants who mindlessly vandalise the homes they are staying in ought to be living in caves, according to outspoken South Mainland councillor Allison
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READ FULL STORYSIC convener Sandy Cluness has vowed to work with councillors and officials to implement the recommendations of Monday’s deeply critical report from the Accounts Commission
READ FULL STORYShetland Islands Council has serious problems with leadership, vision and strategic direction, governance, financial management and accountability, according to the Accounts Commission.
READ FULL STORYTwo councillors have been censured by the Standards Commission for failing to declare their tiny financial interest in the Shetland Livestock Marketing Group when they
READ FULL STORYThe SIC has approved a proposed increase in the number of long-term care places in Shetland but needs to identify where the money to going
READ FULL STORYOrkney Islands Council chief executive Alistair Buchan is being offered the position of interim SIC chief, in a move that councillors hope will finally banish
READ FULL STORYParents in the small community of Burravoe on the east side of Yell are largely resigned to having to take the fight to save their
READ FULL STORYHopes are high that Shetland may be in line for a major investment from the Scottish Government which could help build new and much-needed houses
READ FULL STORYShetland Islands Council’s former chief executive has heavily criticised the role played by convener Sandy Cluness and six other councillors in the events which led
READ FULL STORYFive primary schools and two secondary departments in the isles face being axed after councillors agreed by a sizeable majority on Thursday to proceed to
READ FULL STORYCharges for musical instrument tuition might yet be avoided if a review of the service finds enough savings to replace the £130,000 that the fees
READ FULL STORYA recommendation on who should temporarily fill the gap left by departed council chief executive David Clark should be made next week.
READ FULL STORYTotal’s deal with Shetland Islands Council to use land for its £500 million gas plant next to Sullom Voe is to be made public once
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