Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked to the floating production, storage and offloading vessel Glen Lyon, 60 nautical miles west-north-west of Foula, where a crewman was in need of medical attention. But the helicopter was stood down with it unsafe to land on the Glen Lyon due to the weather and so it turned back to Sumburgh. After that the helicopter was tasked for an NHS patient transfer from Sumburgh to Aberdeen.

Harbour Energy has bought the offshore assets of Waldorf Production for about £127 million. The deal increases Harbour Energy's interests in the Kraken field, 70 nautical miles east of Boddam, which is served by the floating production, storage and storage vessel Armada Kraken.

There is to be mobile phone disruption in the Lerwick, Bressay and nearby areas on Wednesday, when the signal might come and go.

The Raba restaurant on Commercial Road in Lerwick is no more with new operators taking over. For the last 40 years the family-owned Raba had provided Indian cuisine.

The current Brae School has received the outcome of a follow-up inspection from Education Scotland, confirming the improvements across key school areas since the inspection report in November last year.

Beatrice Wishart has highlighted figures which show that fewer than 1 in 10 small farmers and crofters received funding from a Scottish government scheme that was meant to support them.

Lerwick South councillor John Fraser has claimed that a lack of available buses may affect some squads being able to take part in the Lerwick Up Helly Aa. [LDRS]