Review of services announced as new dementia cafe launched
A new cafe for people with dementia will start at the new Moorfield Hotel in Brae this month and and dementia information will be available
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Changes to school closure plans will leave £1m budget shortfall
Alterations to the SIC’s programme of school closures will leave its education department with a £1 million shortfall, councillors will be told next week.
READ FULL STORYSlump in pupil numbers prompts review of Bressay primary’s future
SIC councillors are being asked to back a consultation on shutting Bressay Primary School following a drastic slump in pupil numbers.
READ FULL STORYTransport committee backs bus station sale
The Viking Bus Station building should be sold to an unnamed “local business interest”, it was agreed at a meeting of the council’s environment and
READ FULL STORYSIC won’t risk jeopardising AHS project by insisting on artificial surface
An artificial sports pitch will only be added to the new Anderson High School project if there is “enough money in the pot”, SIC councillors
READ FULL STORYOptimism remains, although council is £1.4 million behind savings target
The SIC fell £1.4 million behind its savings target in the first quarter of this financial year, but political leader Gary Robinson remains confident the
READ FULL STORYRoad safety campaign welcomed by crash victim’s family
The families of two teenage car crash victim have welcomed an initiative aimed at improving driving in the isles.
READ FULL STORYNew AHS clears latest hurdle – and could open in August 2016
The new Anderson High School is in line to open in three years’ time after the project passed its latest landmark on Tuesday. Members of
READ FULL STORYMajority of those affected by bedroom tax will get help this year
Around two-thirds of social housing tenants in Shetland who have lost out as a result of the bedroom tax’s introduction this year are to be
READ FULL STORY‘It’s worked out better than I thought’, says Ivy as charity takes over lunch club
The old folk’s lunch club which formerly met at Freefield but re-located to Islesburgh is now being run by older people’s charity the Royal Voluntary
READ FULL STORYAith and Sandwick school closure consultations delayed
Consultations on whether to shut secondary departments in Aith and Sandwick are to be delayed. Councillors will now make a decision on proposals to introduce
READ FULL STORYSIC minibuses to be offered to community groups
Local community groups are to be given the opportunity to buy three SIC minibuses for a few hundred pounds apiece. If there is interest in
READ FULL STORYGibbons: ‘zero hours’ contracts have little in common with big firms’ ‘disreputable’ behaviour
Shetland Arts this week offered reassurances that staff employed on “zero hours” contracts are not subjected to the “appalling” sort of conditions faced by employees
READ FULL STORYViews sought on bus services
Public transport users are being asked for their views on bus services. The transport partnership ZetTrans and Shetland Islands Council have launched the week-long online
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