Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

It is now just over a week until the few customers in Shetland left with Radio Teleswitch Service controlled electricity meters lose their signal.

At one time there were thousands of RTS meters in Shetland, but the most recent figures show that to be about 550 and falling, so there are maybe now less than 500 yet to upgraded to smart meters.

For a second weekend the NHS Shetland walk-in clinic pilot has been closed due to staff shortages.

Last week the Shetland Islands Council confirmed its announcement in April that the Lerwick Town Hall will be closed to visitors and tourists, and to events such as weddings, in July, August and September, to allow for the building to be connected to district heating.

The first of the yachts in the Shetland Race returning to Bergen are due in Sunday afternoon.

In the latest water situation report from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Shetland remains at the normal level for water scarcity, along with Orkney, the Western Isles and the west of Scotland.

More sanctioned shadow-fleet tankers have been passing Shetland. One, the 27 year old Cameroon registered 274 metre Suezmax tanker Zambra, passed through the Fair Isle Channel, only six nautical miles south of Fair Isle, while on the way from Ust Luga to Singapore.