Charitable trust accused of being ‘farcical’ and ‘undemocratic’
Shetland Charitable Trust is weathering its latest constitutional storm, with critics of a move to cut council representation on the board to four describing the
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Future of the Shetland Charitable Trust (Jonathan Wills)
As your readers may know, the Shetland Charitable Trust is at present reviewing its governance arrangements, four years after the re-organisation which reduced the number…
READ FULL STORYDemand is for isles-based 999 call centre, says Wills
A councillor has spoken out after the head of Scotland’s police watchdog said new technology should help alleviate concerns over local knowledge in the wake…
READ FULL STORYCollege ‘merger’ still on despite fall-out at SIC meeting
A fraught council meeting on Wednesday voted in favour of taking the next steps towards ‘merger’ of three educational establishments, although councillors were aware the
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Moral duty of care (George Hobbin)
It must concern all that if HNP were to close upwards of 20 people would lose employment, not to mention their customers.
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Trust cuts are charitable Althing decides
An Althing debate touted by one punter as an epic “rumble in the jungle” turned out to be a rout in the Staney Hill as
READ FULL STORYEU ‘worse than useless’ on fisheries (John Tulloch)
Thank you for your fine coverage in Friday’s paper of the North Sea Commission (NSC) conference at Scalloway fishery college (NAFC) and Shetland Fishermen’s Association…
READ FULL STORYAlthing debate to tackle charitable trust cuts
It is likely to be a heated debate at the first Althing session of the new year as talk focuses on the controversy surrounding the…
READ FULL STORYSlap and HNP (James Sandison)
On its website, Slap states its key values to be: Professional – We’ll look to develop professional and long-term relationships based on trust, openness and
READ FULL STORYPlanning inconsistencies (Mike Bennett)
“I’m an elected councillor and the people I represent want this to happen.” So says Jonathan Wills (Shetland Times, 11th December) on the subject of
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Safety board gives its support for emergency tug cover
Further weight has been added to the argument in favour of retaining emergency tug cover around the isles.
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SIC will protest against boundary change plans
Shetland Islands Council is to object to a boundary commission proposal to redraw council wards that would see Gulberwick and Quarff added to the central
READ FULL STORYJonathan’s old chestnut (James Mackenzie)
It doesn’t matter how much one argues; in spite of a number of commentators’ observations, and previous letters contradicting him, Jonathan Wills (Readers’ views, 9th
READ FULL STORYSounding Off … an occasional commentary
Jonathan Wills, in a contribution entitled The Secret Life of Shetland Islands Council (aged 40½), bemoans the meeting structure of the local authority in its
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