In a parliamentary debate on the oil and gas industry, Alistair Carmichael warned that there will be no just transition if critical North Sea infrastructure, and jobs, are lost too quickly, with Mr Carmichael also questioning on what is meant by “transition”.
Taste of Shetland’s Shetland Seafood: A Midsummer Celebration event last weekend was a big success. According to Living Lerwick the Seafood event was well attended and brought nearly 1000 visitors to the town centre area.
The ALICE Theatre Project presents its annual children and youth-led theatre production on the Mareel stage this weekend. Entitled Pop Goghs Da Easel, the six theatre and music companies, of over 90 young performers, have created four brand new plays and two musical works
A session of the Scottish parliament's transport committee took evidence from Loganair on the cutting of routes from Inverness to Orkney and Shetland and from Inverness to Stornoway.
Members of the Shetland Islands Council policy and resources committee voted on keeping a hockey pitch in Brae rather than creating a new pitch in Lerwick.
The trade body Offshore Energies UK as called for urgent decisions on the Rosebank and Jackdaw developments, highlighting their role in supporting the UK’s national energy security.
Coast-watchers in the west of Orkney, south and west of Shetland, and even the west of Norway, have been asked to look out for 4 metre long Gryphon II rocket, lost in the sea after the launch from Cape Wrath.

