Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Councillor Andrea Manson has resigned her position as convener of the Shetland Islands Council, with immediate effect. The council is to prepare a report on the appointment of her successor for the meeting of the full council on the 25th of March. Last month Andrea Manson was banned from company directorship for three and a half years.

Alistair Carmichael has welcomed the UK government’s climbdown on visa access for sheep shearers this year but he has criticised reports that the government will not issue shearer visas next year.

Following preliminary research into fish deaths, the Scottish government’s Marine Directorate has found that Scottish salmon farms are operating as they should and that no further regulation is needed.

The Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for Shetland, Emma Macdonald, has given her full backing to the new manifesto published by the Shetland Fishermen’s Association.

Scalloway has been named by the Daily Record as among the top destinations in Scotland for a perfect March staycation.

Ariane Burgess, the Scottish Green member of the Scottish parliament for the Highlands and Islands has said in Shetland over 608,000 free bus journeys had been taken by young people.

The Shetland Islands Council has introduced a ban on the indoor storage, and the charging, of electrically powered bikes and scooters on its premises.