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SHETLAND Folk Festival revellers will get a chance to party into the night at the Lerwick Legion after licenses were granted for late gigs. The venue will be allowed to open until 3am on the Friday and Saturday nights at the festival, which is taking place at the end of April....
FORMER council leader Gary Robinson has announced his intention to stand in the local government election in May. The current chairman of NHS Shetland has long been tipped as a potential candidate for the new council. Robinson, who lost his westside seat in the 2017 election...
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...
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...
COUNCILLORS have voiced fears that plans to increase the islands’ housing stock could be hampered by high goods prices and demand for tradespeople outstripping supply in the coming months and years. The council – along with Hjaltland Housing and private developers – aims...