Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

At the High Court in Edinburgh, 41-year-old Aren Pearson was found guilty of the murder of 24-year old Claire Leveque in Melby on the 11th of February last year. Aren Pearson was sentenced to life and he will serve a minimum of 25 years.

Overnight from 6 pm to 6 am next Monday and Tuesday, the main road to the east of Ela Water and the first part of the road into Ollaberry and Gluss will be closed to allow the installation of water and power services to the new water treatment works.

Five S5 and S6 pupils from the Brae High School are taking part in the fifth year of Powering Futures Schools.

There was power cut from 7 AM affecting 479 customers in Walls, Sandness and Papa Stour, with the fault in the overhead network.

The leader of the Shetland Islands Council, Emma Macdonald, has defended attending the SNP conference at the weekend, saying that she would always do whatever was needed to make sure she spoke up for Shetland. [LDRS]

The return to service of the NorthLink freight vessel Helliar ws delayed. This was after the Helliar was held up in Leith at the end of a five-day visit for drydocking.

The hold-up was caused by the Chinese-registered 231 metre heavy lift vessel Ziang Tai Kou, alongside the east breakwater of Leith. This was to offload the initial batch of XXL monopiles for offshore turbines from Qinzhou in China. This is limiting lock access to larger vessels this week for safety reasons.