Infuriated by neutrality (Roddy Nicolson)
This is the only time that I can remember Shetland having a choice of an independent of credibility for the forthcoming Scottish Parliamentary election, and
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The issue is Viking (Kevin Learmonth)
Last week the SIC quietly granted planning permission for a five-turbine windfarm near Cullivoe in Yell.
READ FULL STORYTime to break the mould (Allen Fraser)
It may come as a surprise to some that following the last Scottish Parliamentary election in 2007 we in Shetland were to be represented equally
READ FULL STORYPersonal bile (Theo Smith)
A great deal has been written in The Shetland Times over the last few weeks about Tavish Scott, a lot of which, in the Readers’
READ FULL STORYNo time for a novice (Theo/Elinor Nicolson)
Shetland is at its most powerful as a community when it is united as it has been most recently over the threat to the coastguard
READ FULL STORYChampions of monster capital (Ian Tait)
I attended the BBC hustings debate for the Scottish Parliament on 22nd April, held at the Shetland Museum and Archives.
READ FULL STORYBack the SNP (John Mowat)
As a former SNP candidate in both Orkney and Shetland, I have been puzzled why the Lib Dems have been so well supported …
READ FULL STORYWhy not offshore? (Vivienne Rendall)
Am I missing something or is there any reason why the windfarm can’t be built offshore, say to the south-west of Sumburgh?
READ FULL STORYDifferent morals (Brian Nugent)
Nick Clegg, leader of the UK Liberal Democrats, is leading by example in donating the nearly £40,000 profit from the sale of his house in
READ FULL STORYDisgust and utter dismay (John Slater)
On reading the story of Robert Thomson’s long-term objectives and plans to restore the old house and revitalise other facilities on Linga, I couldn’t help
READ FULL STORYHulking monstrosity (Valerie Leask)
Firstly, having followed the “windfarm saga” throughout, many of the letters from those in support of it keep insisting that we against it should “open
READ FULL STORYWhy not virtual school? (Graham White)
In view of the myriad problems currently facing Shetland’s primary and secondary education provision, isn’t it time we moved into the 21st century …
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SNP finance secretary John Swinney was being brutally honest when he said, recently, that difficult decisions lie ahead.
READ FULL STORYWell done (Vic Thomas)
Well done the folk that removed the offensive Labour posters from the lampposts in Lerwick!
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