Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The Scottish government has announced that Shetland’s Dogs Against Drugs is to receive a one-off grant of £30,000.

Alistair Carmichael spoke in the House of Commons during a statement on the new Warm Homes Plan.

In the latest employment statistics for Shetland, there were 180 claimants in December, down 15 or 8 per cent on December the previous year.

Shetland Arts is inviting applications for the next programme of monthly Soup and a Show lunchtime concerts, starting in April and ending in August.

There has been a power cut in the Exnabo area, affecting five customers.

The Scalloway School parent council and the Scalloway Community Council have raised concerns over the proposed closure of the Scalloway swimming pool from the end of March.

There has been the first subsea earthquake of the year near Shetland.

Will Deans, who grew up in Orkney and who is chief of staff to Alistair Carmichael, has written that Orkney and Shetland are currently not under imminent threat of annexation by the United States, Denmark or anyone else.