Sounding Off by Vaila Wishart
SIC education and families committee chairwoman Vaila Wishart gives her personal view of the issues surrounding the Sandwick consultation, the need to make savings without compromising the quality of...
View ArticleHelicoper in action with more medivacs
An injured walker was flown to Clickimin landing site from a “remote coastal path” near Scalloway yesterday before being taken to Gilbert Bain Hospital. A Shetland Coastguard spokesman said that...
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Scott welcomes government change in pharmacy stance
Shetland MSP Tavish Scott has welcomed new legislation intended to give local communities more say in decisions over local pharmacies as well as providing security for primary care services. Following...
View ArticleFaroese country man Joensen impresses
It’s fair to say there must be an affinity between island folk and country and western music, if the good turnout on a fine Thursday night at the Garrison was anything to go by. It was testimony to...
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Crowd-pleasing Classic Motor Show
Mark Fleming from Aberdeenshire with his Bentley 3.5 litre, visiting Frankie’s Fish and Chips in Brae with other classic car enthusiasts to fuel up with fish suppers. Photo: Dave Donaldson Hundreds of...
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Deaths linked to legal highs
Two deaths in Shetland are being linked to so-called legal highs prompting a warning from police chief Eddie Graham. The chief inspector spoke out on Friday over the dangers of legal highs, which he...
View ArticleSpare Capacity in Schools
The Commission on the Delivery of Rural Education was set up following a moratorium on school closures and looked closely at rural education and the Schools Consultation Act (Scotland) 2010 for 9...
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Hundreds support CURE march
Organisers estimate close to 1,000 protesters joined the CURE march. Photo: Dave Donaldson Anyone straying near the Market Cross at 11am on Saturday could have been forgiven for thinking the World Cup...
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New proposal for rural education
Sandwick JHS could now stay open as an S1-S3 school. Photo: Dave Donaldson The option of retaining S1 to S3 lessons at all the isles’ junior high schools is back on the table after a meeting of the...
View ArticleDigger blaze
Firefighters from Sandwick were called to a digger fire at Cullister, Sandwick, shortly after noon on Monday. The blaze in the two-and-a-half tonne digger was extinguished with one hosereel jet, and...
View ArticleBiker severely injured
A motorcyclist in his mid-20s is recovering in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after suffering severe injuries in a crash on Saturday afternoon. The crash between the motor bike and the car occurred on the...
View ArticleVikings come to the cinema screen
Coverage of the British Museum’s first major exhibition on the Vikings in over 30 years will be shown at Mareel over the next two Sundays. Cinema audiences will get an exclusive guided tour of the BP...
View ArticleScott welcomes hospital review
Travel to and from Shetland and the waiting times for isles’ patients should be considered as part of an independent review of healthcare at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. That is the view of MSP Tavish...
View ArticleMan admits nuisance calls to police
A nuisance caller had sentence deferred after admitting a making a string of “unnecessary” 999 calls to the police. Honorary sheriff Eric Peterson also refused bail to Nathan Steven Hilditch who...
View ArticleIndependence and pensions (Andrina Tulloch, Jean Marwick and George Jacobson)
In a recent critical report ICAS, the body representing Scotland’s accountancy professionals, have said that the White Paper [Scotland's Future] does not answer key questions about pensions after...
View ArticleDistressful and worrying (Christine Donald)
In the light of Martyn Fisher’s successful case against Shetland Islands Council, it has therefore set a precedent for reimbursement to housing tenants here in Sandwick. The council and Shetland...
View ArticleThey still don’t get it (Ian Selbie)
The independence referendum gets nearer and the semi-illiterate SNP trolls on Facebook Shetland still don’t get it – that dictator Salmond’s financial statements don’t add up according to the...
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Takeaways’ late opening bids refused
The Harbour Fish and Chip Shop and Tatties and Point both wanted to stay open unitil 4am at weekends, but councillors ruled it was inappropriate. Applications to allow the Harbour Fish and Chip Shop...
View ArticleApproval for £500 million gas sweetening plant
The council’s planning committee has granted permission for development of a gas sweetening plant at BP’s Sullom Voe Terminal. The £500 million development will comprise a new plant and associated...
View ArticleSaddened by decision
Last Saturday between 600 and 1,000 people paraded through Lerwick. This was a large and passionate expression of support for Shetland’s rural schools. On Saturday the situation was that there were no...
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