Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

At the meeting of the full Shetland Islands Council, Shetland South member Bryan Peterson was appointed the new convener following the resignation of Andrea Manson.

The latest round of the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund includes £997,943 for the Speldiburn Community Hub enhancement project at the old Bressay school.

The Unite union has confirmed a 7.5 per cent wage lift, over two years, for Unite members at airports operated by Highlands and Islands Airport Limited, including at Sumburgh Airport.

Annually, between 2020 and 2025, between less than 5 and a maximum of ten children were in temporary accommodation in Shetland for more than a year.

The Petrojarl Rosebank has left Walvis Bay in Namibia, accompanied by its three support vessels.

The 245 metre cruise ship Ambience has passed east of Shetland heading for Tilbury after a visit to Norway. The Ambience visited Lerwick harbour in April, May and August 2022 and in June 2024. Yesterday, the Ambience was the centre of an over-300 nautical mile mission by the current coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh. This was to take an injured person on the Ambience, then about 100 nautical miles north-north-west of Unst, to the emergency landing site in Lerwick.

The Yell Sound ferry Daggri is on an about 60 hour journey back home after a three week stay in the James Watt Dock in Greenock for its annual docking by Dales Marine Services.