Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Nick Page, the chief executive of Qualifications Scotland, which takes over from the Scottish Qualifications Authority, has been in Shetland as part of a week-long tour of the Highlands and Islands.

The coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh and the Kirkwall lifeboat were tasked following the reception of signals from an emergency position indicating radio beacon.

Ariane Burgess, Scottish Green member of the Scotish parliament for the Highlands & Islands, has warned that Scotland's new wildfire plan is heading in the wrong direction.

The Mousa light is not working currently and the Northern Lighthouse Board has been informed. The new months-old Pole Star is in Dundee and the Pharos is in Oban.

Alistair Carmichael, as co-chair of the House of Commons all-party parliamentary group on fisheries, has welcomed Costas Kadis, the European commissioner for fisheries and oceans, along with members of his cabinet and representatives from the European Union’s delegation to the United Kingdom.

The food and drink promotion group, A Taste of Shetland, is holding a special heritage food event next week to celebrate one hundred years since the publication of Margaret B Stout's book Cookery for Northern Wives.

SSE Renewables has finally confirmed that the access tracks to the turbines in the Viking Wind Farm are officially open to the public although many people have already used the tracks.