Lerwick Community Council approves funding requests

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Lerwick Community Council approves funding requests

7 July 2020

•Community

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Scalloway cafe given go-ahead to serve alcohol outdoors

3 July 2020

•Council

Opportunity for SIC to ‘build back better’ as isles move out of lockdown, councillors hear

2 July 2020

•Council

Development chairman warns community could ‘really suffer’ from unemployment in next couple of years

2 July 2020

•News

Petition on quicker Covid-19 testing turnaround to be passed to NHS

NHS Shetland chief executive Michael Dickson says health board ‘acknowledges and accepts the concerns’ over by some over faster turnaround

2 July 2020

•News

Town hall to welcome some councillors as meetings take ‘hybrid’ form

30 June 2020

•Council

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Petition calls for quick turnaround time for all Covid-19 tests in case of second spike

29 June 2020

•Coronavirus

SIC may need to make ‘difficult decisions’ to maintain financial balance

26 June 2020

•Council

Reopening museum will cost ‘significant sums of money’

26 June 2020

•Community

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Wind farm compound gets planning approval

25 June 2020

•Council

SIC to submit plan for reopening schools

Transport a major factor in planning for return of schools, says education and families committee chairman George Smith

23 June 2020

•Education

Decision on knitwear van planning appeal deferred

22 June 2020

•Council

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Travelling on inter-island ferries to meet family outdoors now permitted, SIC confirms

18 June 2020

•Transport

Almost £7.5m provided to local businesses during pandemic

17 June 2020

•Coronavirus

More home working a possibility for council

12 June 2020

•Council

Plaudits for staff as council works to get bairns back to school

10 June 2020

•Council

SIC facing more than £1m in additional costs as coronavirus impacts finances

The council estimates it is on course to lose £1.6m in income over the space of four months

8 June 2020

•Council

No plans to open schools in evenings as part of blended learning model

5 June 2020

•Education

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SIC convener keen to see return of face-to-face council meetings

3 June 2020

•Council

Arts agency expects to come through Covid-19 crisis but warning made about ‘scale of challenge’ for creative sector

2 June 2020

•Coronavirus

Community council chairman sounds warning over economic impact of Covid-19

2 June 2020

•Coronavirus

Pharmacists playing important role in pandemic, councillor says

29 May 2020

•Coronavirus

Care home was ‘absolutely in line with guidance’ when Covid-19 outbreak struck

28 May 2020

•Coronavirus

Health and social care budget rises by 10 per cent but warning made over Covid-19 impact

28 May 2020

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New road for Viking Energy construction traffic given go-ahead by planners

27 May 2020

•Energy

Cable developer responds to concerns from mussel farmers

27 May 2020

•Energy

Care homes have been ‘managing the Covid-19 situation well’

26 May 2020

•Coronavirus

Councillor disappointed SIC did not get to see lockdown exit proposals at ‘earliest opportunity’

22 May 2020

•Council

SIC leader ‘extremely cautious’ of isles leaving lockdown at different pace

21 May 2020

•Coronavirus

SIC representatives resign from valuation joint board

21 May 2020

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Health board to use local staff as ‘far as possible’ for Covid-19 contact tracing

Details also being finalised over how swab kits will be sent to Glasgow quickly as criteria for testing widens to anyone with symptoms

19 May 2020

•News

SIC looking to push UK and Scottish governments on islands deal decision

18 May 2020

•Council

4G mast in Foula not being actively pursued despite planning application

18 May 2020

•Community

SIC awaiting guidance on whether dump can reopen

11 May 2020

•Council

Mobile mast opposed by local residents fails to secure planning permission

7 May 2020

•Council

SIC leader welcomes assurances over local government funding

7 May 2020

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Health board chief: ‘We can’t come out of lockdown in isolation’

6 May 2020

•Coronavirus

Team in place at health board for return to contact tracing

6 May 2020

•Coronavirus

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Mussel farmers concerned over subsea cable plans

There are six active mussel farms in Weisdale Voe, where the cable would run in to from Caithness

4 May 2020

•Energy

Amenity trust chief not expecting tourist market for year and a half

1 May 2020

•Community

SIC to ask for extra funding from government to cover ‘significant’ cost of coronavirus response

30 April 2020

•Council

Over 40 minutes to upload work – broadband speeds hamper online learning for children in rural areas

30 April 2020

•Education

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Campaign group objects to cable application

30 April 2020

•Energy

SIC chief stresses need for ‘world class’ connectivity as staff work from home

27 April 2020

•Council

More than £4m approved for local businesses through coronavirus support fund

27 April 2020

•Business

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New housing for Aith gets planning go-ahead

24 April 2020

•Community

Isles’ enterprise and innovation during lockdown hailed – but better broadband would help

Shetland is the worst place in the UK for working from home when it comes to average internet speed, a new study claims

23 April 2020

•Community

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‘Milestone’ reached as councillors approve business case for college merger

22 April 2020

•News