Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Once he is the UK's 59th prime minister, Andy Burnham is likely to indicate a change in policy to allow for new offshore oil and gas developments, and that will directly affect Scotland, and Shetland, since energy is not devolved to Scotland.

Following an emissions scrutiny, many believe approval will be given to Rosebank, 85 nautical miles west of Shetland, and to Jackdaw east of Aberdeen.

It is still not yet known how many RTS meters in Shetland were still active at the closure of the Radio Teleswitch Service, and the switching off of the long-wave transmitters, at the end of last month.

Liam McArthur, member of the Scottish parliament for Orkney, has responded to last week’s Consumer Scotland report on island postal services, including delivery times, which refers to Shetland as well as Orkney.

Avtandil Kalandadze, the Georgian national captain of the Russian-flagged tanker Marinera, which was passing west of Shetland, but diverted west of Faroe in January before it was detained by US forces and taken to the Moray Firth, has pleaded guilty to refusing to obey orders from the US Coast Guard.

White fish box landings; In one of the biggest day’s landings in weeks, 12 boats landed about 2600 boxes.

The cruise ship in Lerwick harbour today is the 332 metre MSC Virtuosa at anchor on arrival from Southampton and departure for Måløy.

There are now 141 cruise ship arrivals due for Lerwick harbour this year, down from the original 151 expected at the beginning of the year. So far, there have been twelve cancellations and two additions.