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ANOTHER name has come forward for the North Isles council by-election. Stewart Douglas will vie for the ward’s vacant seat when the community goes to the polls on 4 August. He competed in the Shetland South ward in May’s election, and also stood in a by-election in Shetland...
SHETLAND should have a new councillor on 5 August following a by-election for the North Isles ward. A notice of the by-election is expected to be published soon, and the vote itself will be held on 4 August. The results will then be declared the day after. The by-election is...
Councillors’ salary and expenses costs climbed five per cent to reach more than £450,000 last year.
THE NEW chairman of Shetland Islands Council’s development committee said he is “delighted” to land the role. Business owner Dennis Leask was appointed to the position at a meeting of the full council on Monday – less than three weeks after being elected for the first...
HISTORY was made this morning (Monday) after Shetland Islands Council appointed its first female leader and convener. The top jobs went to Emma Macdonald and Andrea Manson respectively, who both represent Shetland North. They were appointed following votes at what was the first...