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CARD payments are now available on all inter-island ferry routes in Shetland except for Fair Isle, a meeting heard on Tuesday. Shetland Islands Council’s transport planning manager Michael Craigie said the roll-out would be publicised widely soon once things are bedded in. He gave the update to a meeting of the council’s environment and transport committee. 1 of 13Adverts Chairman Ryan Thomson, who represents the North Isles, said introducing the equipment had been a priority. Meanwhile the committee also gave its approval of a business case for a new Fair isle ferry and harbour imp...

THE LIBERAL Democrats’ disappointing election result will lead to some “serious reflection” – but is not a cause for panic according to Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael, who also headed the party’s election campaign. Analysing the party’s performance on Monday, the Shetland and Orkney MP said the Lib Dems’ positive campaign was “squeezed” from two sides as the national debate became increasingly polarised and thus benefitted the two parties at opposite ends of the constitutional debate to the detriment of the middle ground. 1 of 13Adverts He poin...

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 ...

SNP candidate Tom Wills’ election campaign has received a late boost in the form of an endorsement from former independent candidate Ryan Thomson. Thomson, who is chairman of Shetland Islands Council’s environment and transport committee, won 1,286 votes in the August 2019 by-election. That equated to a share of nearly 11 per cent in a contest won by a margin of just over 15 per cent by Liberal Democrat Beatrice Wishart, with the destiny of those votes likely to be a significant factor in determining the outcome this time around. 10 of 13Adverts In a social media post on Tuesday, Th...

THE DECISION from Historic Environment Scotland (HES) to turn down plans for the creation of a satellite launch site on the site of a former radar station in Unst has been criticised by a local councillor. North Isles member Ryan Thomson, who is from Unst, said the decision is “nothing short of political, bureaucratic nonsense”. 14 of 14Adverts It emerged earlier this week that HES was not happy with Shetland Space Centre’s plans to build its proposed launch facility on the site of a WW2 radar base, saying it would have a significant adverse impact on the old RAF Skaw station.