Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Once Andy Burnham becomes prime minister and announces his new cabinet on Monday, it is likely that he will change policy to allow for new offshore oiy and gas developments.

On balance it looks as if approval will now be given to Rosebank, 85 nautical miles west of Shetland, and to Jackdaw east of Aberdeen.

The bones recovered on the beach at Sand last Monday have been identified as those of a seal.

The Aith lifeboat was launched on service to go to a broken down Faroese registered motor boat, with one person on board, 45 nautical miles west of Sandness.

Location shooting for the next series of the crime drama Shetland may have ended in Shetland this year, but it is still active in the west of Scotland.

The Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary is well known worldwide but perhaps no one would have thought that the newspaper the Times of India would publish a feature on the sanctuary.

Two members of the Scottish parliament, the SNP’s Hannah Mary Goodlad and the Green’s Kristopher Leask, have said they are working with regional transport bodies to map out the first steps towards a regional air transport plan for the Highlands and Islands.