Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The Loganair fleet of ATR aircraft has been down temporarily by two aircraft after two aircraft made, what Loganair described as, “light contact” at Kirkwall Airport.

The Lerwick lifeboat, a coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh and members of coastguard rescue teams were asked to assist the police in tracing a person of concern.

There have been some changes to the previous report that, from next Monday, the Shetland Islands Council’s Roads Service will be carrying out fibre ducting works for BT Openreach over the East Burra Bridge.

The parliamentary members Hannah Mary Goodlad and Alistair Carmichael, and the chief executive of Salmon Scotland ,Tavish Scott, have commented on yesterday’s special meeting to review the Inter-island Transport Connectivity Programme.

The members of the Shetland Islands Council decided Yell Sound will be the first fixed link; Bluemull Sound will be the next fixed link with a dedicated extended-day vessel for Fetlar; and Whalsay and Bressay will have continued investment in ferries with commitment to fixed links. Fair Isle has already got a new ferry on the way and Foula will continue as now. However there is still a need to do something for Papa Stour and Skerries.

The next step will be the creation of a 30-year implementation route map which is expected to come before councillors towards the end of September.

After 42 years, the RadioTeleSwitch service for electricity meters is now completely closed for all areas, with the switching off, at just after 11 am yesterday morning, of the three longwave transmitters at Burghead in Moray, Westerglen near Falkirk and Droitwich in Worcestershire.