A NUMBER of local schools are likely to close for a few days later in September due to strike action by non-teaching staff. Local government union Unison announced earlier on Thursday that schools in 24 council areas, including Shetland, will be affected by industrial action over a three consecutive days from 26 to 28 September. Read more Shetland News …
DELEGATES from across the Nordic region are set to travel to Shetland next month for a meeting of the net zero islands network. The two day event on 16/17 May is organised by the Scottish Government, and is a chance for Shetland Islands Council (SIC) to showcase its Orion clean energy project. Read more Shetland News …
MORE details have become available about the proposed revamp of the Grutness ferry terminal in the South Mainland as Shetland Islands Council seeks planning permission for the project. Read more Shetland News …
ALL SCHOOLS are closed in Shetland today (Tuesday) as the wintry weather is set to stay for a few more days. Shetland Islands Council said this morning that due to the wintry conditions the decision was made to keep all school and early years settings closed. The Hame Fae Hame nursery in Scalloway will also […] Shetland News …
SHETLAND MSP Beatrice Wishart is encouraging island residents to take part in the Scottish Government’s Ending the sale of peat in Scotland consultation. The government is proposing to stop the sale of peat in stages, beginning with the retail horticulture sector, then a general ban. Wishart said: “Peat is still cut and used for domestic use in […] Shetland News …
COUNCIL tax and housing rent in Shetland is set to rise by 4.5 per cent in the next financial year. The decision was made at a meeting of the full Shetland Islands Council (SIC) on Wednesday. It comes at a time when SIC grapples with significant budget challenges for 2023/24, with changes to services likely […] Shetland News …
SCOTTISH finance secretary John Swinney has confirmed that the revenue gap required to run Shetland’s inter-island ferries – estimated to be nearly £6 million – will be covered by the government. Shetland Islands Council runs ferry services to nine islands, carrying around 750,000 passengers every year on its 12 ferries. During the next financial year, […] Shetland News …
A PUBLIC meeting has been called in Voe later in the week to discuss local road safety issues along the busy A970 which cuts right through the North Mainland village. Local residents, as well as North Mainland Labour councillor Tom Morton, met with a team from Shetland Islands Council on Friday morning to walk along […] Shetland News …
A COUNCILLOR says he believes parts of a document released by the SIC listing some of the options due to be considered in the upcoming budget setting process “read like scaremongering”. Tom Morton, who is a Labour councillor for Shetland North, also said introducing a public survey following a series of private councillor seminars “flies […] Shetland News …
Once more we discover through the press that the local construction industry has been the subject of ill-informed comment and conjecture within the council chamber. Whilst we are always reluctant to respond publicly, this happens on such a regular basis that we now feel obliged to comment. The local industry is highly skilled, and capable […] Shetland News …