Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The Shetland Islands Council has announced revised dates for the delayed maintenance on the linkspan at the Papa Stour ferry terminal.

The twenty yachts in the Shetland Race have continued to enter Lerwick harbour, the last being the Norwegian Ocean Girl at just after 3 am this morning.

The Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean has been contracted by BP to assist in the decommissioning and recycling of subsea equipment in the Foinaven field 75 nautical miles west of Papa Stour.

In parliament Alistair Carmichael has demanded government time for a debate on changes to the remuneration of coastguard rescue officers.

In the latest employment statistics for Shetland there were 175 claimants in May, up 5 or 3 per cent on May last year.

White fish box landings: 7 boats landed about 900 boxes. The landings so far this week are about 6000 boxes.

Meetings have been taking place to assess progress in Shetland on The Promise, which was the outcome of the Independent Care Review in 2020.