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“ALL DRUG use should be legalised” - that is the challenging motion put forward by the Althing debating society to kick off its winter programme of examining topical and controversial issues by listening to, and engaging with, opposing views. The audience will be treated to...
Gender restrictions have been lifted for the return of Lerwick's famous Up Helly Aa fire festival.
Shetland's famous Viking event will no longer have gender restrictions when it returns in January.
http://shet.news/h7s87 Copied! 7 May 2021 17:40 And this now takes us to the end of our live blog from the Scottish Parliament election count at the Clickimin Leisure Complex. We will bring you the results for the Highlands and Islands list MSP once they have been announced in Inverness, plus further analysis over the weekend. 5 of 13Adverts The next election will likely be the council election in May 2022, followed by the UK general election two years later, in May 2024. There is of course the possibility of an independence referendum towards the end of 2023, but that depends on many ...
http://shet.news/lxrvo Copied! SHETLAND has been particularly severely hit by cuts to council spending – losing more than three times the national average in the past years – and is badly in need of greater public investment. That is the message of Labour’s candidate for next month’s Scottish Parliament election, Martin Kerr, who is drawing attention to figures showing the isles lost £355 per person in local authority funding between 2013 and 2021 compared to a national real terms average of £95 per person. 2 of 14Adverts Only the Western Isles, at £522, fared worse while Or...