By NEIL RIDDELL THE £49 million new Anderson High School is finally “progressing as we wish”, according to SIC convener Sandy Cluness. ...

By NEIL RIDDELL SHETLAND Islands Council should consider following the lead of the Western Isles and radically overhauling the way its political leadership is structured in order to improve the standard of democracy in the isles, according to a councillor. ...

FINANCIAL watchdog Audit Scotland has delivered a heavily critical assessment of the SIC’s accounts and reasserted its view that Shetland Charitable Trust’s books should be grouped with the council’s because of the close relationship between the two bodies. ...

By ROSALIND GRIFFITHS SHETLAND fund-raisers have proved their worth once again by breaking through the £100,000 barrier in the CLAN 1,2,3 appeal. ...

By NEIL RIDDELL DURING a week when it was confirmed the market value of Shetland Charitable Trust’s pot had plummeted by over £30 million since April, one of the trust’s two independent trustees hit out at the charity’s inability to get its annual budget down to a sustainable level. ...

By NEIL RIDDELL COUNCILLORS are being “kept in the dark” over what is happening with the controversial £12 million Mareel cinema and music venue project, a councillor has claimed, as it was revealed that no holes are likely to be dug at the North Ness this side of Christmas. ...

By RYAN TAYLOR A SPAT has broken out following a decision by the Maritime Coastguard Agency to temporarily withdraw Shetland’s back-up rescue helicopter. ...

By RYAN TAYLOR THE DILAPIDATED state of Papa Stour’s main road has forced councillors to impose a vehicle weight restriction on the island. ...

MORE than £18,000 was raised in Shetland during last week’s BBC Children in Need appeal. ...

LERWICK’S latest roundabout came under criticism by councillors this week, concerned its design and layout could prove a hazard to safety. ...