Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Beatrice Wishart, still in her role of Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs spokesperson until she stands down at the May elections, has revealed that, out of the 42 flood defence projects that the Scottish government announced would be built between 2015 and 2021, only 21 have been completed and only seven of those were finished on time.

The Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for Shetland, Emma Macdonald, has welcomed confirmation that the UK government and the Scottish government will provide funding totalling £10 million to support households struggling with rising heating oil costs.

Liam McArthur has expressed disappointment that an amendment to the Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill has been defeated in Stage 3 proceedings. This would have required an exemption for anyone staying in overnight accommodation for medical reasons.

In the latest employment statistics for Shetland, there were 205 claimants in February, the same as February last year.

Keynvor Morlift’s 25 metre multicat Sarah Grey is heading for its home port of Falmouth towing the 60 metre flat-top pontoon-barge Mormaen 15 which, since last year, had been placing rock armouring in the upgrade to the Grutness ferry terminal.

The chairman of Ithica energy Yaniv Friedman has said that they are still looking for a co-investor for the Cambo field, 85 nautical miles west of Unst and about 25 nautical miles south-south-west of the Rosebank field.

This is the weekend of the Delting Up Hella Aa, the last of the senior festivals this year. The guizer jarl, leading his squad, is Paul Ratter.