Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Ahead of a change of the UK prime minister next week, Emma Macdonald, the leader of the Shetland Islands Council, has suggested that the incoming prime minister Andy Burnham, and his new government, could make a “positive impact” by committing to supporting the council in delivering tunnels. [LDRS]

Loganair has said that it was committed to Dundee Airport and that it was looking at alternative London airport opttions. Discussions with Dundee City Council are still ongoing.

Morven-May MacCallum, Liberal-Democrat member of the Scottish parliament for the Highlands and Islands, has written to the cabinet secretary for social justice and housing calling for the Scottish government to look again at its decision to allow the same changes, as in England, to the Motability Scheme.

The Shell-volution, Islands Growth Deal project funded by the UK Government and the Scottish Government to transform Scotland's mussel farming sector, has appointed mussel aquaculture researcher Doctor Brad Skelton, a research fellow at the University of Auckland, as independent scientific advisor for a one-year pilot.

A coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked to go to Mousa where a visitor had a fractured ankle. The casualty was taken to the emergency landing site in Lerwick.

White fish box landings: 4 boats landed about 700 boxes. The landings so far this week are about 4400 boxes.

The cruise ships in Lerwick harbour today are the 240 metre Viking Miram at Mairs East on arrival from Honningsvaag and departure for Kirkwall and the 229 metre Viking Sky at Holmsgarth 5 on arrival from Bergen and departure for Aberdeen.

In a written ministerial statement yesterday from Keir Mather, the minister for maritime, it was confirmed that the changes by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in the remuneration of coastguard volunteers, due to come into force in September, are to be paused for further assessment, and feedback, to ensure a fair settlement for the volunteers.