Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Shetland Arts is inviting the whole of Shetland to help shape the bid for Lerwick to become the UK's first Town of Culture. Lerwick is one of 15 towns shortlisted from nearly 400 applicants and it is one of six towns competing in the small town category.

NHS 24 has issued a reminder that, as the new academic year is about to start across Scottish Universities, what is called Fresher’s Flu is on the horizon.

A vacuum tanker, hired by the Shetland Islands Council will be in operation throughout Shetland over the next few months. This is to clean gullies and cattle grids.

In the latest employment statistics for Shetland there were 175 claimants in August, up 20 or 13 per cent on August last year.

The inspection of the Cullivoe Primary School by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education in May resulted in evaluations for learning, teaching and assessment that were good and raising attainment and achievement was also good.

The floating production storage and offloading vessel Aoka Mizzu, which left the Lancaster field, 40 nautical miles west of Sandness, in June has arrived at anchor south of Singapore after a 12 week journey under its own power.

The SaxaVord Spaceport has updated a planning application for a mission control centre at the north end of the all-weather games court of the former RAF Saxa Vord.