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Shetland Analytical Services is to cease trading due to declining revenue with a loss of seven jobs.

Hannah Mary Goodlad made her first speech in the Scottish parliament on Thursday when, on behalf of the Scottish government as minister for public finance, she closed the debate on wealth taxation for public services.

Despite wind farm developer Ocean Winds handing back, to Crown Estate Scotland, the lease-option for the 500 Megawatt Arven South floating offshore wind farm, which would have been as near as 15 nautical miles east of Nesting, a study led by Heriot-Watt University has projected that 11 per cent of the North Sea would fall within wind farm boundaries by 2050, a rise from the current 1 per cent.

This is the weekend of the 21st biennial Shetland Classic Motor Show.

The Bressay ferry Leirna is off to Fraserburgh at the start of its three-week-long annual docking schedule.

Due in Lerwick harbour today, after sailing around Shetland for the last week on a sketch and sail voyage, is the 34 metre British registered two-masted brigantine square rigger and adventure tall ship Lady of Avenel.

Following publication of the contract notice, the procurement is underway on the next contract to operate the northern isles ferry services. This will include the operation of the three current passenger ferries, with new RoPax passenger vessels expected to be delivered within the life of the contract, and the two new freight-flex vessels, expected on the route by early 2029.

A cross-party group of members of the Scottish parliament has urged the Scottish government to take action to safeguard lifeline flights for Scotland’s island communities, after Loganair announced plans to reduce flights on the Sumburgh-Kirkwall-Inverness route and on the Inverness-Stornoway route.