Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

First Minister John Swinney will be in Shetland again today, but this will be the first time he has done so on an election campaign visit. This will be John Swinney’s fourth visit to Shetland as first minister.

Brian Nugent, standing for Shetland as the Alliance to Liberate Scotland candidate, and also as the Alliance to Liberate Scotland lead candidate in the Highlands and Islands region, has claimed that that SNP is supportive of Dev Max, that is maximum devolution, rather than the independence the Alliance to Liberate Scotland supports.

The floating production storage and off-loading vessel Petrojarl Rosebank has been sailing at about 6 or 7 knots up the North Sea and is now passing the south of Norway.

After weather related delays, the Danish tug NH Server is due to tow the barge Selnes to Faroe.

There has been a ferry NHS patient transfer. This was by the Leirna from Bressay.

White fish box landings: 11 boats landed about 2000 boxes.

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.