Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

A survey, just launched, will help the Shetland Islands Council and the Health and Social Care Partnership to produce a strategic outline case to determine the future of adult care services in Shetland.

At a meeting of the transport partnership ZetTrans, a total of £355,000 was approved for a range of projects with a focus on cycling and walking.

Scottish Cycling, Cycling UK and Love to Ride UK will share the £355,000 worth of funding approved by Zetrans, supporting projects to get more people cycling and walking during everyday journeys.

At a meeting of Shetland’s licensing board, the councillors gave two more pubs in Shetland late licences to show the TV coverage of Scotland’s opening game in the World Cup.

There have been reports of equipment failing to work properly following the major power outage in Shetland which started at 2.49 am on Sunday morning and affected thousands of customers.

The coastguard handled several incidents at the weekend: Suspected odnance turned out to be a false alarm; a coastguard evacuation of a walker injured on Herma Ness; an NHS patient transfer from Bressay and a pan-pan response.

Back at the Greenhead Base in Lerwick is the 53 metre survey vessel Geo Ocean IX, which made a quick return to Yell Sound, off Mossbank, yesterday while undertaking survey work for the planned high-voltage AC subsea cable to Yell.