Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Traffic management assistance has been supplied to the measurement company Vaisala to so that it can safely undertake annual maintenance work to the road weather station and road sensors along the main road at Gulberwick.

Work to rectify a drainage issue in the south playground of the Bell’s Brae Primary School is underway and it is expected to be to be completed tomorrow.

Alistair Carmichael has welcomed the decision by the UK prime minister, Andy Burnham to scrap the UK government’s plans to introduce a digital ID scheme.

The Lerwick lifeboat, the coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh and the 61 metre live fish carrier Inter Barents responded to a Mayday relay of a personal locator beacon activation from near Aith Wick north of Cunningsburgh.

The 9 metre Tarbert registered fishing boat Firecrest, which was deliberately grounded on Bain’s Beach in Lerwick harbour, was lifted out of the water yesterday by the work boat Harvester. It is now in the compound at the Morrison Dock.

Shetland Arts is inviting people to apply to join their board of trustees.

White fish box landings: 5 boats landed about 900 boxes

Freight and haulage operator Northwards, which emerged in a management buy-out of the former P&O Ferries freight business 24 years ago, is investing £640,000 in additional insulated trailers to meet the growing demand for salmon exports from Shetland.