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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...
THE LOCAL planning service has had to cut back its provision again due to further staff shortages. The services of the free planning duty officer as well as pre-application enquiries have been temporarily suspended. The service said it “must focus our existing resources on...
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...
DIGITAL marketing agency NB Communication has been awarded the lucrative Promote Shetland contract for a further five years until the end of March 2027. The contract, which is worth less than £400,000 a year, requires NB Communication to “develop, manage and coordinate a...
'Digital hall' will help in development plan consultation shetlandtimes.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from shetlandtimes.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BOOKER Prize-winner Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stewart was the most popular adult fiction book among islanders borrowing books in 2021, Shetland Library has revealed. Stewart’s book about a boy growing up in Glasgow with an alcoholic mother topped the list ahead of Richard...
WITH SHETLAND Islands Council’s leader and convener confirming their plans not to stand in the May election, there will be change at the top in the chamber. But Steven Coutts (Shetland West) and Malcolm Bell (Lerwick North) are not the only senior members deciding to call time...
AN ACTION plan is set to be created for the local housing sector - with affordability and availability of homes continuing to be the key issues faced by the community. It comes after more than 60 people recently attended a conference on Shetland’s future local housing...