Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The SaxaVord Spaceport has updated a planning application for a mission control centre at the north end of the all-weather games court of the former RAF Saxa Vord.

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited has appointed Duncan Thompson as the new manager of Sumburgh Airport on the retirement of Susan Mail.

In the latest employment statistics for Shetland there were 175 claimants in August, up 20 or 13 per cent on August last year.

The inspection of the Cullivoe Primary School by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education in May resulted in evaluations for learning, teaching and assessment that were good and raising attainment and achievement was also good.

The floating production storage and offloading vessel Aoka Mizzu, which left the Lancaster field, 40 nautical miles west of Sandness, in June has arrived at anchor south of Singapore after a 12 week journey under its own power.

White fish box landings: 5 boats landed about 800 boxes.

The cruise ships in Lerwick harbour today are the 181 metre Insignia at Holmsgarth 5 on arrival from Aberdeen and departure for Skye and the 223 metre Seven Seas Grandeur at Mairs East on arrival from Torshavn and departure for Kirkwall.

The vessels’ owner, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited, and the operator, Serco NorthLink Ferries, have put forward two shortlists of five names for the two new 140 metre purpose-built freight-flex ferries, due to come into service with NorthLink in 2029.

A coastguard S-92 helicopter based at Stornoway was tasked for a helicopter NHS patient transfer. The helicopter flew from Stornoway to Sumburgh to take an NHS patient from Sumburgh to Inverness.