Hannah Mary Goodlad has welcomed the first Highlands and Islands Aviation Summit next week, describing it as a critical first step towards transforming lifeline air services to, and from, Shetland and communities across the Highlands and Islands.
Voluntary Action Shetland has announced the launch of the 2026 VAS Volunteering Awards, to recognise the volunteering and acts of kindness happening throughout Shetland.
NHS Shetland has appointed Georgina Roberts as its new deputy chief executive and director of people and culture, taking up her duties in November.
The Shetland Women football team has been drawn away against Rossvale Women’s Football Club in the second round of the Scottish Cup.
The S92 coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked to a Scottish fishing boat, 75 nautical miles east-south-east of Sumburgh where a crewman was in need of medical attention.
Scottish government proposals suggest that Scotland's 32 councils could be replaced by six to 10 regional authorities but that separate set-ups would be required for Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles.
Flylogix, the Solent-on-Sea based unmanned aerial system specialist, has undertaken its first survey from Shetland into Norwegian waters with a remotely controlled unmanned aircraft.

