Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Alistair Carmichael is holding a Westminster Hall debate tomorrow on hidden credit liabilities and the role of the Financial Conduct Authority. This is the second parliamentary debate that Alistair Carmichael has secured on the accountability of the Financial Conduct Authority.

The NorthLink passenger ferry Hjaltland is now back on schedule after being delayed in Lerwick harbour and, as a result, arriving late, and sailing late, in Aberdeen harbour at the weekend.

There was a power cut that affected the Scousburgh area of the south mainland throughout the day yesterday.

The coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked yesterday to assist the police in Orkney.

White fish box landings: 9 boats landed about 1700 boxes.

CB&I, the American Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, has completed the acquisition of Petrofac Asset Solutions, a division of the energy services firm Petrofac. There is a widespread view that Petrofac never quite recovered from its losses of around £284 million from building the Shetland Gas Plant by the time the plant was completed in 2016.

The delays in the arrivals last summer of cable repair ships off Orkney for repairs to the Shefa 2 subsea cable, including to Shetland, and now for the repair of the subsea cable to the north isles of Orkney, is a warning of more such delays in the future.