Energy / SIC leader welcomes Ofgem support for subsea cable
Council / Youth services team wins national award
Council / Over 700 tonnes of clinical waste burned by SIC
Council / Household recycling rate up again
Council / Knab masterplan wows councillors
Council / Council holds string of meetings prior to budget debate
Council / Council tax and rents rise to offset measly Holyrood settlementShetland well below Scottish average in settlement
Whalsay ferry service disrupted after Hendra bursts pipe
Planning committee tasked to consider Viking’s turbine increase applicationCouncil is a consultee on wind farm variation
Council / Residential unit hopes raised after committee
Transport / Ferry cash talks continue but no breakthrough
Police to keep close eye on roads up northConcerns have been raised again about the speed limit in Urafirth and Hillswick.
Nature / Funding package in place for wildlife sanctuary upgrade
White House vandalised againGraffiti was written on the council headquarters in November.
Council / Education chief in tune with call for free music tuitionCouncillor George Smith said ‘ideally we’d not like to have any charges at all’.
Council / Streetlight upgrades underway
Politics / Councillors bite back at government funding offerSouth mainland member Allison Duncan likened the terms of the settlement to ‘political blackmail’.
Council / ‘Backbench’ councillor concerned over number of meetings
SIC welcomes review of electoral ward boundariesThe move is part of the recently established Islands Act.
Council / Clinical waste from Scottish health boards burned by council
Council / Nothing planned for old Eric Gray building yet
Politics / SIC leader ‘extremely concerned’ by draft budget
Council / New strategy wants isles to become most active community in the country
Council / No deal Brexit warning from councillor
Council / New children’s home back on the agendaThe council says there remains a shortfall in residential spaces in Shetland.
Council / Emotions run high as new Eric Gray centre prepares to openThe long-awaited launch of the facility at Seafield will mark the end of a process spanning over a decade.
Education / Childcare expansion timescales in the spotlight
Business / Baltasound bar beckons for Unst
Education / College merger given green light
Council / Fish market funding bid failure ‘very disappointing’
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