Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Alistair Carmichael has written to car hire firm Europcar to challenge, what he called, its “bizarre” policy of treating people from UK islands, such as Shetland, and requiring them to show a passport in order to rent vehicles within the UK.

The Shetland Charitable Trust is offering £136,000 of extra grant funding to large local charitable organisations.

The Shetland Islands Council’s roads services has said that the summer surface dressing programme has been completed in the South Mainland, Lerwick and Bressay.

Member of the Scottish parliament for Shetland, Hannah Mary Goodlad, is stepping up her campaign to reopen the Scalloway swimming pool.

A coastguard helicopter based at Stornoway was tasked to the Clair platform, 30 nautical miles north-west of Eshaness. This was to take a platform worker in need of medical attention to Sumburgh.

A couple more shadow fleet tankers have been passing to the west of Shetland, highlighting the extent of the issue.

Alistair Carmichael has secured a debate in parliament on changes to the remuneration of coastguard volunteers. The debate, entitled “HMRC guidance and remuneration of coastguard volunteers”, will be held next Wednesday afternoon.