A MOTION calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire by all parties in Gaza is set to be debated by Shetland Islands Council after all. It comes as the scale of air attacks on the city of Rafah, which houses more than a million displaced civilians, has increased.
THERE was a jovial atmosphere within the four walls of Lerwick Town Hall earlier this morning (Tuesday) for the Up Helly Aa civic reception - with laughs aplenty. Guizer jarl Richard Moar was given a warm welcome from Shetland Islands Council convener Andrea Manson following a.
WREATHS will be laid as part of a ceremony at the war memorial at Lerwick Town Hall this morning (Friday) to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. The annual commemoration is organised by Shetland Inter Faith, with the support of the Lerwick branch of the Royal British Legion Scotland,.
TRIBUTES have been paid to Jim Gear, former county and community councillor, who died last week aged 80. He was councillor for the Sandness and Walls constituency between 1990 and 1999 and was a community councillor for over a quarter of a century, also holding the role of.