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Number of children at primary schools on the decline

Althing debate tackles concept of freedom

APPROXIMATELY twenty people gathered at Lerwick Town Hall on Saturday evening for a philosophical and spirited debate run by Althing Social Group: “Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose”. The topic comes from the song Me and Bobby McGee written by Kris...

Prisoners of the car

The perhaps ill-named Lerwick Lanes Project 'consultation' (really? Read on) is actually about the space between Pitt Ln. and Burns Ln. or for many the former swimming pool and its car park site, not the plethora of other lanes, some leafy, where tourists now oft reside....

Parking the topic of the day as Lerwick Community Council discusses lanes masterplan progress

THERE was plenty of debate at Lerwick Community Council last night (Monday) as progress on the town’s lanes masterplan project was brought before members. Chairman Jim Anderson even raised the suggestion of a multi-storey car park - but given that the site is a conservation...

Historical artefacts could return under new SIC policy | The Shetland Times Ltd

SIC financial plan highlights 'significant challenge' over next four years

Prioritising activities and warnings about future capital spending are among the key issues

83-year-old man who died in Shetland crofter Marcus Georgeson

Marcus Georgeson, 83, was a "well-known crofter in the area and was a respected and hardworking member of the community."

Lerwick community councillors not keen on boundary idea which splits town in two

AN IDEA to have two community councils in Lerwick was not given a particularly warm welcome by members of the town’s community council at a meeting on Monday evening. The proposal is one of five options which form part of a Shetland-wide consultation on the boundaries of...

Lerwick Lanes Masterplan back on after council vote | The Shetland Times Ltd

Controversial masterplan proposals are on again – after councillors backtracked on previous calls to abandon them.

Lanes masterplan to go ahead after vote in council chamber

A PROJECT to develop a masterplan for part of the Lerwick Lanes conservation area are to go ahead as first intended after a move to scale back the scope of the project failed to secure the majority support of councillors. Shetland Central member Moraig Lyall had pushed for the...