Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Local coastguard rescue team members assisted the ambulance service. This was to lift a female with a broken ankle from land south of Levenwick.

Two fishing boats, the Otter Bank and the Bressay Bank, have been the latest French fishing boats, that have been known for years at ports in Shetland, and in the fishing grounds around Shetland, to refuel in Lerwick harbour rather than in Denmark.

Meanwhile there continues to be visits to Lerwick harbour by touch and go Norwegian pelagic fishing boats, either in the main harbour and at the Dales Voe Base.

The much-delayed Penguins field, about 80 nautical miles north-east of Unst, finally began producing last Monday as Shell’s first new manned installation in the northern North Sea in over 35 years.

There is concern on the future of carbon capture projects locally. Carbon capture sites had been identified in, and around, Shetland, including at the Sullom Voe Terminal and in the wells of decommissioned oil fields in the East Shetland Basin, east to north-east of Unst.

This coming Tuesday is Safer Internet Day 2025 with the Shetland Public Protection Committee highlighting this year’s theme of how to protect from online scams.

This year’s Shetland Youth Music Festival in Mareel in March is now open to entries. The event is open to young people of secondary school age who are in full-time education in Shetland.