Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Professor Jim Wilson, of Viking Genes, has been awarded a small medical grant from the charity Haemochromatosis UK to allow Doctor Shona Kerr to work with colleagues in Edinburgh and in Dublin on research into the frequency of rhe genetic recessive disorder within Scottish island populations.

The French fishing boats Andrew Leduc and Bressay Bank, well known for years at ports in Shetland and in the fishing grounds around Shetland, are now landing their catches at Peterhead instead of Hanstholm. This is due to a new carbon tax introduced in Denmark. Other French fishing boats operating around Shetland plan to refuel in Shetland rather than in Denmark.

Documents that have been lodged with the Shetland Islands Council’s planning service, for the Zenobe 100 Megawatt battery storage system, suggest that the construction work could get underway at the Port Business Park site, opposite the Gremista power station, in April and be completed by October.

In the House of Commons, Alistair Carmichael called on the UK minister for the constitution and European Union relations to engage closely with fishing organisations in the run up to negotiations with the European Union over future access and quota.

White fish box landings: 11 boats landed about 1500 boxes. The landings so far this week are about 6400 boxes. Pelagic fish landings: The Fraserburgh Cristina S is landing mackerel.

The minister for social care, Maree Todd has upodated members of the Scottish parliament to confirm that the Scottish government is dropping its plan for a national care service. In August 2021, the Shetland Islands Council was the first to write to the Scottish government over concerns about plans for a national care service.

The Shetland Islands Council has announced the eight young people who have been selected as representatives on the Clubsport young people’s sports panel.