Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The 129 metre Faroese container ship Selfos, with crew of 13, lost engine power when 40 nautical miles east of Yell Sound early yesterday morning and was designated “not under command”.

A coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked to the Glen Lyon floating production storage and offloading vessel 70 nautical miles west-north-west of Sandness.

Ariane Burgess, the Scottish Green member of the Scottish parliament for the Highlands and Islands has drawn attention to a new independent report which has claimed that salmon farms bring far less local benefit than has been claimed by the industry.

The Liberal Democrat candidate for Shetland in the Scottish parliament election in May, Emma Macdonald, along with Alistair Carmichael, backed Small Business Saturday, showing their support for small businesses in Shetland.

White fish box landings: 11 boats landed about 1200 boxes.

Shetland Arts has responded to the independent review of Creative Scotland, announced last week.

The UK Ministry of Defence has announced plans for the technology needed to defend the UK's undersea cables and pipelines.

The member of the Scottish parliament for Orkney Liam McArthur has held his meeting with the power company Ovo Energy, raising once again the credit issue which Mr McArthur said was out of order and must now be addressed.