Fear and control
Back in April 2015, former vice chairman of Sustainable Shetland, James Mackenzie, was invited to give a presentation to a Planning Democracy event in Glasgow. Among other things, the conference explored options for a more equitable planning system, including the idea of equal rights of appeal to create a level playing field that allows communities the same rights as developers. Mackenzie has now submitted his presentation as a letter to Shetland News, saying “not much has changed since then [2015] except that SSE is now the sole owner of Viking Energy”.
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Preliminary hearing sets starting date at 31 August, seven years after fatal accident happened off Sumburgh
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After months of lockdown, communities are slowly emerging to a ‘new normal’ that will impact on all walks of life, including transport. Here the local transport partnership’s policy officer Robina Barton sets out some of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
Shetland Amenity Trust is seeking help from local folk to record wildflowers while out exercising
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The Shetland Folk Festival should have been hosting its 40th instalment this weekend, but the current pandemic has seen it pushed back to 2021. Neil Riddell looks at what makes the local festival with a global reach mean so much for so many.
As part of our Covid-19 coverage we are asking our readers to contribute short personal, reflective pieces that touch on the many aspects of living through these unprecedented times. Here is how Stephanie Pagulayan of the ALICE theatre project responded to the crisis.
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