Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Activities in Shetland, as well as in Highland, Moray, Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Borders, will benefit from an additional £2.5 million to expand free after-school activity clubs for primary school children from low-income families.

The new heritage organisation, the Shetland Straw Society, has been formally established with the aim of protecting and promoting Shetland’s endangered straw crafts.

There has been the second subsea earthquake of the year near Shetland and the first since January.

EnQuest, operator of the Sullom Voe Terminal since December 2017, has begun a consultation with the aim of achieving a reduction in workforce of about a quarter through voluntary redundancy.

There is still no word of UK government support for the UK fishing industry to offset the high cost of fuel, something that is keeping some vessels in port.

Members of the Shetland Islands Council have agreed to establish The Shetland Development Charter. The charter will set out the key expectations from investors undertaking developments in Shetland, including energy transition. Shetland will work only with partners who recognise the value of doing things fairly and collaboratively.

The full meeting of the Shetland Islands Council voted 10 to 9 in favour of incorporating a new Lerwick hockey pitch into the full business case for a new Brae High School. [LDRS]

Alistair Carmichael led a debate in Westminster Hall on changes to the remuneration of coastguard volunteers.