Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

With this past Friday National Personal Assistant Day, Shetland Community Connections got together some of the people who make a difference in the lives of others across Shetland.

Liam McArthur has called on the Scottish government to give Scotland's marine energy sector the confidence and support it needs to reach its full potential. Shetland has one marine tidal project, Nova Innovation’s 600 kilowatt tidal array in Bluemull Sound.

With Exercise Shopboard, the annual, mainly civilian counter-terrorism preparedness drill to be held in Shetland on Thursday there has been a reminder of a large military exercise in Shetland 48 years ago.

The Junior Up Helly Aa volunteers and the Shetland Bereavement Support Service have been awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service for 2026.

The King’s Award for Voluntary Service was created in 2002 to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee and it was continued following the accession of the King.

Muckle Roe Community Enterprise has secured funding from the Scottish Land Fund to support the community purchase of the Muckle Roe Estate from longstanding landowners Max and Sarah Ward.

The coastguard AW189 helicopter based at Sumburgh, Rescue 800, was tasked to an offshore support vessel south-south-east of Sumburgh.