Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The Swedish motor cruiser Lasata, which left Lerwick harbour at a quarter to seven yesterday morning, with three persons on board, and sailed through Yell Sound heading to Faroe, wound up its propellor in fishing gear 25 nautical miles north-west of Fethaland.

A coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked to a Scottish fishing boat just under 60 nautical miles east-south-east of Sumburgh.

In the latest water situation report from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Shetland remains at the normal level for water scarcity.

The Visually Impaired People’s Group has expressed concern over the Loganair reductions to air services between Kirkwall and Inverness and Sumburgh and Inverness.

The issues in the last couple of years over of the sale, and the transfer in ownership, of the Shetland Gas Plant have been highlighted in legal action against Winston Soosaipillai, the chief executive of State Oil, the Prax Group and the Lindsey Oil Refinery.

White fish box landings: 5 boats landed about 1000 boxes. The landings so far this week are about 5700 boxes.

In the last 20 years households in Shetland increased by 16 per cent while the population increased by 2 per cent.