News / In brief for 20 October 2011
Correction
On 19 October Shetland News reported that police found more than one kilo of amphetamine with more than £1,000 when they raided the house of Jamie Thomson, in Lerwick, last year (Assault victim admits drugs charge).
This was a mistake and should have read that police found more than 100 grammes of amphetamine worth more than £1,000.
We apologise for the error and any distress this may have caused.
Minibus crash
THE DRIVER of a Renault minibus was taken to hospital after his Renault minibus crashed at the Kergord junction of the A971 in Weisdale on Wednesday evening around 9.30pm.
Two fire crews from Brae were called to the scene, but they were only needed to clean up the road. Police said the driver was uninjured.
Fifth best islands
READERS of luxury travel magazine Condé Nast Traveller have voted Shetland as the fifth best island group in Europe.
Top of the European island readers poll were Bozcaada and the Turkish Aegean Islands (84.2 per cent), Mykonos and the Cyclades (79.2), Madeira (78.8), Mallorca and the Balearics (78.8), Shetland (77.9), Capri (77.4), Isle of Skye (74.9), Hvar and the Dalmatians (74.8), Elba and the Tuscan Archipelago (74.2) and Gotland (74)
CAP talks begin
TALKS on reforming Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy began in Luxembourg on Thursday.
Rural affairs and environment secretary Richard Lochhead, who is representing Scotland, said the battle lines had been drawn on the first day, but there was a long road ahead.
He said he was pleased food production was recognised as a priority, but stressed the importance of flexibility and simplification of rules.
“In Scotland, we desperately want to see greater simplification but not at the expense of some vital measures such as achieving a definition of activity to help decide which businesses should receive public support,” he said.
The latest information is available at www.scotland.gov.uk/capreform and a blog can be followed at http://blogs.scotland.gov.uk/cap-reform/
Heating hotline
HOUSEHOLDS continue to be urged to call the Home Energy Scotland Helpline and sign up for free home insulation.
The Scottish government says the scheme could save households up to £185 a year with free cavity wall or loft insulation.
People can find out more by contacting the Home Energy Scotland Hotline on 0800 512 012 or on 0300 456 2655 from a mobile, or visit www.homeenergyscotland.org.uk
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