Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Today is the Lerwick Up Helly Aa day, and it will be a breezy day, lasting overnight. The east-south-easterly winds are expected to be near gale force 7 but it will be mostly dry.

The senior jarl his year is Lynden Nicolson, representing Knut the Great who eventually ruled Denmark, Norway and England and was buried at Winchester.

The junior jarl is Frankie Walterson, representing Sigtryggr who was Norse king of Dublin and York.

The junior Up Helly Aa, a brainchild of teacher Tammy Moncrief, is 70 years old, the first year being 1956. Then the galley was built by secondary pupils of the Lerwick Central Public School and the guizars were all boys from primary 7 and transitional, with that now from P7, S1 and S2 from any school.

Neo Energy Production UK, which assisted with development of the Penguins field, 60 nautical miles north-east of Unst, and is involved in production in fields in the East Shetland Basin and south-east of Sumburgh, has confirmed that the Piper Bravo platform, 90 nautical miles south-south-east of Sumburgh, has been shut down over a valve failure.

White fish box landings: 6 boats landed about 750 boxes.

After being closed to road traffic for over three months last year, due to SSEN Distribution cabling works, the Dales Lees road is to be closed again, but only to heavy goods vehicles of over 7.5 tonnes, and only during the work-day of Monday to Friday. [LDRS]