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Council / Macdonald and Manson make history as they take on top council jobs
Council / New council meets for first time to appoint to key rolesEmma Macdonald and Andrea Manson take the top two jobs in the new council – the first time women have been appointed to the roles
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Council / Leask interested in leader role
Letters / Sour note
Letters / Firm grasp of the bigger picture needed
Council / Macdonald and Thomson keen on SIC leader role
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UpdatedYell Sound ferry service back on following technical fault
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Council / Former convener’s service highlighted in parliament motion
Council / Election candidate to turn attention to vacant North Isles seat
Letters / A new council that looks to the future
Election / Familiar faces and newcomers in the mix as next council elected
Election / Council formally declares uncontested wards
Election / Last day of campaigning for candidates as election loomsPolling stations will open tomorrow morning, with results declared on Friday
Election / Candidate says it would be ‘inappropriate’ to give pledge to one industry group
Council / Planning cutbacks could be reversed in July
Transport / Laxo linkspan work to begin later this month
Community / Council working on solutions to plug Unst childcare gap
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Energy / Mast important to wind farm subsidy bid, developer says
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Transport / More disruptions on Yell Sound crossing
Council / Full council to meet again to determine planning application
Election / Housing and cost of living high on SNP candidates’ agenda
Election / Greens launch manifesto aimed at building a more sustainable local economyThe party has put forward three candidates in the upcoming council elections
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Election / Election candidate stands down from westside contest
Election / Morton looking forward to first council termThe Labour candidate is the only newcomer among the five councillors elected by default
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Council / Council decision overruled as Viking Energy given batching plant consent on appeal
Election / Macdonald and Manson to seek re-election in north ward
Election / Morton announced as Labour candidate for council election
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Education / School meal debt usually settled quickly, SIC says
Election / Sandison in the running for council election
Energy / New oil and gas no fix for UK’s energy security crisis, think tank saysUplift warns that renewed focus on oil and gas production would undermine clean energy targets