WREATHS were laid at the war memorial opposite Lerwick Town Hall earlier to mark Remembrance Sunday. Lord Lieutenant Bobby Hunter, Beatrice Wishart MSP and council convener Andrea Manson led the ceremony. A gun salute in the nearby playpark also formed part of the event. There.
VOTING will open next week for the elections to the Scottish Youth Parliament, with three candidates stepping forward to represent young people in Shetland. Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament, known as MSYPs, are aged between 14 and 25, and elected every two years with two.
TRIBUTES have been paid to former councillor Laura Baisley who died recently. She represented the North Isles for five years after being elected in 2007. Fellow councillor Cecil Smith said he was sorry to hear of her passing and expressed his condolences to her family. He said.