Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Back in Lerwick harbour to discharge at Dales Voe, is the 153 metre heavy lift cargo boat BBC Ruby with its second cargo this month due for installation at Rosebank.

Remaining in Lerwick harbour, at Gremista West, to await spares, has been the 38 metre Genesis II, which sailed from Collafirth earlier this month and broke down 35 nautical miles north-north-west of Unst.

A review published by the University of the Highlands and Islands, the Scottish Association for Marine Science and the University of Aberdeen, has looked at considerations for understanding the impact on marine ecosystems and marine mammals of floating offshore wind farms, such as is being planned for east of Shetland.

The Shetland Times has published a new, improved, version of George G S Peterson’s book The Coastal Place Names of Papa Stour. The original edition was published by Nelson Smith Printing Services in 1993

The police requested the assistance of coastguard rescue teams and a coastguard helicopter from Sumburgh in the search for a missing person in the Ness of Sound area. However the missing person was found safe and well and all units were stood down.

Post Office Limited has had a change of mind on closing the Burravoe Post Office, without replacement, this summer. Alistair Carmichael said that he had written to Post Office management to determine their intentions and the reason for a lack of consultation.

Following an annual review of its closure, which followed declining pupil numbers, the Skeld Primary School is to remain closed for another year.