With Jaclyn Pearson Jaclyn talks to Darren Hart about grazing on the coastal fringe Darren Hart on reed beds on St Mary’s Jaclyn talk to Rosemary Parslow about wildflowers and ferns of Scilly
St Martin’s has been hit by another major telephone outage only months after our MP complained about the poor service provided by BT to the islands. The latest incident is the fourth major loss of service this year to affect St Martin’s. Phone lines went down last Wednesday, 23rd November, and were only restored yesterday. [...]
A St Mary’s Councillor wants to know how much of the estimated £500 million cost of today’s industrial action Scilly will have to bear. David Pearson posed the question in yesterday’s Policy and Resources committee, which looks after Council finances. Chief Executive Philip Hygate said nobody could know and even if there were an economist [...]
The Council is to threaten more of its debtors with court action, after the success of the Magistrate’s Court last Friday in collecting outstanding Council tax, says Director of Finance, Peter Lawrence. He told yesterday’s Council meeting that he wants to use the court to tackle overdue non-domestic rates, water and sewerage, and trade waste [...]
Members of the Council’s Transport Select Committee have voted to enhance their responsibilities and to take on all aspects of transport within, and to and from, the islands. Part of that committee’s role has been to oversee the Route Partnership sea link. But Chairman Dudley Mumford pointed out that since the transport minister rejected the [...]
Members have informally discussed elevating the Council’s status to a Transport Authority. Until now, we’ve had to partner with larger Councils, like Cornwall, to deliver transport infrastructure projects. Staff say there are pros and cons. It would mean the Council could deal directly with Whitehall but we’d also have to bring in more regulation here [...]
Councillors have approved the policy on what staff may and may not write on Facebook or social networking websites. Council workers may go online but only before and after work or during lunchtime. Employees should make it clear that they are not speaking on behalf of the Council and no information about the Council or [...]
National Carers Rights Day takes place on Friday, although it will be held tomorrow here to coincide with off-island shopping boats. Jeanette Persich from Social Services is arranging a Carers’ Coffee Morning at The Wheelhouse where you’ll be able to find out about benefits you may be entitled to from Sarah Hemsleigh-Harding from the Department [...]
Islanders are being asked to bake cakes and provide prizes for the first Parents and Teachers Association Christmas Fayre, being held in the new school on Saturday. PTA Committee member, Sam Mallon, says the committee has worked hard to produce a fun afternoon out. This year’s fayre will mix entertainment from pupils, face painting and [...]
A large part of the St Mary’s school base, along with the St Agnes and Tresco-Bryher bases, will close tomorrow due to the national public sector strike. Teachers and support workers met yesterday evening and headteacher of the Five Islands School, Bryce Wilby, says it’s clear that they won’t be able to fully open the [...]