Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Talk Talk customers are amongst the worst-affected in Shetland by Shefa 2 cable outages and other telecommunications disruptions. Now BT has agreed to save TalkTalk fom what could have impacted telecoms for TalkTalk’s 2.5 million customers. But UK government culture secretary Lisa Nandy has ordered the competition regulator to investigate the planned rescue.

The drilling, blasting and dredging is concentrating on the central part of Lerwick’s main harbour rather than also in Dales Voe.

20 Norwegian fishing boats have been sheltering in Lerwick Harbour. Most are of the 40 metre class of Norwegian pelagic vessel.

In the first nine months of this year, almost 238 thousand boxes were landed at the white fish markets of Lerwick and Scalloway.

More than 250 paid NHS placements will be made available to parents across Scotland, including in Shetland, if there is any interest, as part of Scottish government efforts to eradicate child poverty.

An update is planned for Wednesday on Shetland Webcams, with the individual views effectively knocked off live-streaming by the power cut last Tuesday.

For now, those with appointments for the Child Health Department at the Gilbert Bain Hospital will have to use the main hospital reception entrance.