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Hopes that bus journey planning should become easier (opens the original)
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PEOPLE should find it easier to plan bus journeys in Shetland from next year, a transport official has predicted. Transport policy and projects officer Robina Barton said a new app is being developed through transport partnership ZetTrans, as well as a dedicated website with a journey planning facility. There is also work ongoing regarding providing real-time bus information for passengers. These developments, supported by funding, could be in place by the end of the financial year. The update c
Fishermen and bus operators among those feeling pressure of high diesel price (opens the original)
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THE LATEST surge in diesel prices is said to be putting serious pressure on Shetland’s fishing fleet. Shetland Fishermen’s Association executive officer Daniel Lawson said fuel costs are “threatening the viability of individual fishing trips”. Meanwhile Sonia Robertson of bus company R. Robertson & Son Ltd said the continued rise in fuel costs is worrying – “particularly as there doesn’t appear to be any sign of prices easing just now”. The cost of diesel at fuel pumps in Shetland has bypassed £
UK Government ‘looking forward to hearing more’ about tunnel plans (opens the original)
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THE UK Government says it “looks forward to hearing more” about Shetland’s tunnel plans amid calls for funding. At a meeting of the full council last week a recurring suggestion was made that the UK Government should fund preparatory work on a tunnel to Unst given the national importance of the island’s SaxaVord Spaceport. The Scottish Government has already pledged £23 million over three years which can be used by Shetland Islands Council (SIC) to prepare a business case for a tunnel to Yell. A
Warm welcome for ‘trailblazing’ new sheriff (opens the original)
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LERWICK’s new sheriff Jennifer Gear says she is “ecstatic and honoured” to take up the appointment. Shetland’s first female sheriff was speaking at a welcome event at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Tuesday morning. It comes as the Shetland-based sheriff prepares to sit on the bench for the first time tomorrow (Wednesday). Tuesday’s event was attended by invited guests and her family, with Gear calling it a “special occasion”. Sheriff Gear was previously a partner at law firm Harper Macleod, with a spe
SIC advised to keep a close eye on risk of cyber attacks (opens the original)
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SHETLAND Islands Council (SIC) chief executive Maggie Sandison said the risk of cyber attacks is an area the local authority has been told to pay “particular attention” to. She also said the “level of risk we are facing from disruption to key public services is far higher than it used to be”. The topic cropped up during discussion on the council’s risk register at a meeting last week. North Isles member Robert Thomson said the “geopolitical situation” in Europe was “heating up” and suggested the
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