A PROPOSAL to freeze council house rent to support people in need failed to win enough support at a local authority meeting on Monday. A 2.5 per cent increase has been recommended by council officers but at a meeting of the development committee on Monday Shetlland Central.
A WARNING has been made that a proposed forum for island communities around the UK should not just be a “talking shop”. Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael welcomed the proposal, which was included in the UK Government’s newly published Levelling Up white paper but said.