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THE WORK to rebuild the Fair Isle bird observatory has been boosted with the award of a £500,000 loan from Shetland Charitable Trust. The money is coming from the trust’s capital bridging works loan scheme. This is designed to provide interest free loans to alleviate cash...
A CONSULTATION is likely to be held on whether there should be changes to Shetland’s network of community councils and their boundaries. One idea which has been floated is to reduce the number community councils from 18 to seven and mirror the Shetland Islands Council (SIC)...
THE MAJORITY of schools in Shetland are set to close to pupils next week - should last minute talks to avert national strike action fail. Parents and carers are now beginning to be told about the planned closures. Action is likely taking place across Scotland by school staff...
A SEABED survey of a proposed large offshore wind farm site to the east of Shetland is due to take place soon. The surveys are for the proposed Arven wind farm, which could have a total generating capacity of 2.3GW. To put this into context, this is five times the total capacity...
On Thursday, Shetland Islands Council announced the majority of schools will be shut for three days next week following industrial action.