Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Seven housing associations across the Highlands and Islands, including the Hjaltland Housing Association, have put forward a joint challenge to election candidates, outlining the difficulties of providing new housing including the cost.

Wool from Scotland is to be officially branded, and protected, as Scottish wool. In 2011 native Shetland wool was granted protected designation of origin under the European Union's Protected Food Name scheme, with that now, post Brexit, protected under the Scotland geographical indications scheme.

The NHS Shetland walk-in clinic pilot will open at the Grantfield vaccination centre on Saturday.

The cable ship CS Sovereign, due at Holmsgarth Five in Lerwick harbour from the Rosebank field, has been chartered to provide a five nautical mile sub-sea branch connection of the Shefa 2 Tórshavn to Maywick telecommuncations cable to the Petrojarl Rosebank.

Yacht owners intending to take part in the Shetland Race this year have until Friday to register.

White fish box landings: There are no landing today for the markets of Lerwick and Scalloway. The landings so far this week are 1094 boxes.

It has been confirmed that German space-launch company, Rocket Factory Augsburg has submitted its application for the marine licence for Test Flight One from the SaxaVord Spaceport.