As meeting over school looms, a timely reminder that we’ve been here before
On Wednesday folk in Shetland will get the chance to voice their views on the location of a new high school at a major public
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Councillors defy legal advice and agree to press on with windfarm vote
Councillors have defied legal advice that they face an “irreconcilable” conflict of interest and will proceed with a vote on the proposed Viking Energy windfarm.
READ FULL STORYCouncillors must make collective judgement on windfarm for sake of democracy
Democracy will have “utterly failed” if councillors agree on Wednesday to adopt the “untenable” position that they cannot make a formal recommendation to Scottish ministers
READ FULL STORYTeachers favour of new high school at Clickimin as petition against Knab grows
Anderson High School teachers are strongly in favour of building the new school at Clickimin judging by the early results of a council opinion poll.
READ FULL STORYInvestigation costing £65,000 to be carried out before building of Walls pier
A marine site investigation at Walls is to be carried out prior to the building of a new pier, the harbour board decided at a
READ FULL STORYCommittee set up to forge ‘long-term partnership’ with oil industry
SIC chief executive David Clark has set up an oil strategy committee with a view to holding discussions with the terminal operators on the future
READ FULL STORYChristmas bonus to be cut back to those in most need
Shetland Charitable Trust is to push ahead with cutting the Christmas bonus after a proposal to keep offering it to all over-70s proved too expensive.
READ FULL STORYPublic invited to have their say on new high school at Town Hall meeting
A public meeting on the proposed new Anderson High School, the building of which is currently on hold as an independent review into where it
READ FULL STORYNew Mid Yell school to be bigger after councillor’s plea for more space
Demand for more storage space and room for special needs pupils were behind a decision by councillors to plump for a larger lay-out for the
READ FULL STORYCouncil runs up £7 million bill on consultants in two years
The SIC has spent nearly £7 million on consultants to carry out a variety of different tasks in the last two years, members will be
READ FULL STORYCouncillors back Angus over choice of school surveyor
A row over the appointment of a former business associate of council chief executive David Clark to carry out the independent review into the siting
READ FULL STORYBoddam slaughterhouse to get £450,000 as councillors stall on SLMG
Councillors have approved a £450,000 grant for the upgrading of the Boddam slaughterhouse at the same time as asking Shetland’s livestock cooperative to further justify
READ FULL STORYCouncillors to debate conflicts of interest over Viking windfarm in public
Councillors are to publicly debate whether conflicts of interest might prevent them being involved in making decisions about the proposed Viking windfarm.
READ FULL STORYCouncillors delay new school as they back another review
Councillors have confounded expectations by ordering yet another review into where the new Anderson High School should be built, meaning the latest proposal will be
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