Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Historic Environment Scotland is urging people in Shetland to have their say on the future of historically significant properties and collections.

Ariane Burgess, Scottish Green member of the Scottish parliament for the Highlands and Islands, has welcomed the rollout of a pilot for a £2 bus fare to be rolled out in Shetland along with Orkney, the Western Isles, the Highlands, Moray and Argyll and Bute.

There have been a few power cuts in Shetland, mostly affecting small areas.

The final total last year of covid-related deaths in Shetland came to four, all in the last four months of the year.

The Scalloway Up Hella Aa, the first fire festival of the year, with the guizer jarl Sidney Nicolson leading his squad of over 60 guizers, including 20 children, in an event that will last all day and all night.

The Shetland Islands Council leader Emma Macdonald has spoken about the longer term approach to setting council tax in Shetland. [LDRS]

An exhibition that opened at the Scottish Gallery, entitled the Northern Isles, explores the artistic legacy and creative culture of Orkney and Shetland, although mostly Orkney.