Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Three projects in Shetland have been awarded funding as part of the Scottish Government’s Islands Programme Fund.

Unst and Yell have been highlighted in an independent report that found that salmon farming was a “key anchor” for rural and coastal areas in Scotland.

The Scottish government minister for agriculture, marine and the islands, Jim Fairlie, received the report from Scottish Sea Farms in Lerwick during his current visit to Shetland.

Jim Fairlie also visited the UHI Shetland Scalloway campus to discuss sustainable aquaculture, shellfish innovation and the future of Scotland’s seafood sector.

A new analysis prepared for Oxfam has calculated that the Rosebank field, 85 nautical miles west-north-west of Unst, could alone be linked, over its lifetime, to approximately 57,400 excess heat-deaths globally.

There has been an update on the platforms around Shetland that are scheduled for removal over the next couple of years.

As children across Shetland are in their last full week of the summer school holidays, returning a week tomorrow, the charity Children First is reminding parents and carers that support is available now, and all year round, for families facing challenges.