Questions for Viking (Alan Skinner)
There are important questions for Viking Energy directors and Shetland Charitable Trust trustees.
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Losing their grip (Douglas Young)
In the late 1970s we drove school buses with over 40 bairns onboard, over single-track roads covered with snow and ice.
READ FULL STORYWe need the meals (Eileen Petrie and Margaret Batty)
This is an appeal to all councillors when you meet at the full council meeting to discuss the decisions made at the last social services
READ FULL STORYNo common sense (Sandy McMillan)
The many Shetland Islands Council officials who lack vision, as mentioned by Olive Walterson, also lack common sense when deciding on what and where to
READ FULL STORYLacking in vision (Olive Walterson)
The most productive parts of Shetland are the outlying areas. The Shetland economy can not do without our fishermen and all kinds of farmers –
READ FULL STORYViking threat to tourism (Allen Fraser letter)
A YouGov poll specifically commissioned to assess the public’s attitude to wild land and wind farms has just been published. This shows clearly that all
READ FULL STORYLicensing board policy (Phillip Manson)
In response to George Smith’s letter regarding the granting of late licenses to Mareel until 2am and the pertinent points raised by Scottish Licensed Trades
READ FULL STORYDark cloud over Whalsay (Robert Sandison)
The recent council decision to place Whalsay in a position for consultation on school closure is a sad state of affairs and what is even
READ FULL STORYMuseum connections (Sandy McMillan)
Is it not disgraceful what the councillors are up to now by proposing to close Shetland Museum. Don’t these guys who sit in the town
READ FULL STORYOpen letter (Brian Gregson, Shetland Amenity Trust)
Trustees of Shetland Amenity Trust were deeply shocked at our meeting on Wednesday this week to hear that council officials are proposing drastic cuts across…
READ FULL STORYMore reform required (John N Hunter)
As a former employee of the Shetland Charitable Trust I have taken a keen interest in the proposals for its reform. The only options available
READ FULL STORYDeserted outer isles? (Arthur Holroyd)
Having spent our summer holidays in Shetland almost every year since well before the transforming days of oil and ro-ro ferries, my wife and I
READ FULL STORY‘Traumatic uncertainty’ (Robert Sutherland)
Young couples with children, and couples thinking of starting a family, on the island of Whalsay, are faced with up to four years of traumatic
READ FULL STORYEducational reform (Lynz Gilbertson)
It is clear that some individuals within the current educational department at Hayfield House are in need of further education. Their misrepresentation of the Curriculum
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