Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The Shetland Islands Council has launched a consultation to gather the views of parents and carers to help improve local childcare provision.

A new report has confirmed that the roll out of a summary case management initiative to all sheriff courts in Scotland, including Lerwick Sheriff Court, has been instrumental in reducing the number of scheduled trials.

The top boy’s name registered in Shetland last year was Leo and second equal was Lewis and Sonny. However there were no duplicates of names among the girls registered, so there was no top name.

The thirty year old Foula mailboat, the New Advance, is at the Burray Boat Yard in Orkney for refit.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Distribution has made an attempt to explain the unusual power outage, that affected thousands of customers in Shetland from 2.49 am on Sunday morning, stating that the current assessment indicated that the systems in place to isolate the fault, and to prevent further disruption to the network, did not operate as they should have.

A study by the University of Aberdeen has found that the legs, and other remains, of decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms, such as in the East Shetland Basin east to north-east of Unst, can function as artificial reefs that significantly boost marine biodiversity.