Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Heading up the North Sea, and nearing the end of a two month journey from Dubai, via the Cape of Good Hope, under its own power, has been the floating production storage and off-loading vessel Petrojarl Rosebank. For almost three years, the Petrojarl Rosebank underwent life extension work on the hull, marine systems and topside at Drydocks World-Dubai.

Eventually the Petrojarl Rosebank is due to be anchored 85 nautical miles west-north-west of Unst. The mooring cables and reels for anchoring the Petrojarl Rosebank have been stored for years at the Greenhead Base, the main marine support hub for Rosebank.

The cable ship CS Sovereign has been chartered to provide a 5 nautical mile sub-sea branch connection of the Shefa 2 Tórshavn to Maywick telecommuncations cable to the Petrojarl Rosebank.

At an event at the Islesburgh Community Centre, the Shetland Greens was the latest party to launch a local manifesto and policy priorities, for the Scottish parliament election in two and a half weeks.

In its 70th anniversary year, the Junior Up Helly Aa, formerly the Lerwick Central Public School’s primary 7, and transitional, Up Helly Aa, has been selected to make a presentation to the Global Intergenerational Congress at the University of Strathclyde’s technology and innovation centre in Glasgow in September.

A long-distance rowing and cycling challenge covering the whole of the British Isles, including Shetland, has set off from Jersey, after weather-related delays.

After deeply considering the matter, Brian Nugent, the Alliance to Liberate Scotland and Sovereignty candidate for Shetland and the Alliance to Liberate Scotland lead candidate for the Highlands and Islands region, has concluded that, for their own good, school children should go to school and leave the mobile phone at the door.