Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The first payments have been made to pensioners in Shetland to help them heat their homes this winter.

Alistair Carmichael and Beatrice Wishart have welcomed, what they have described as, a strong uptake of the plans for a summit on telecommunications resilience in the isles.

According to television production listings, it looks as if the production crew is being put together for another series of the TV crime drama Shetland.

After the alleged the misrepresentation of Fair Isle knitting in the first episode of the new Channel Four show Game of Wool: Britain’s Best Knitter, there is now concern over AI generated videos, and AI generated text, misrepresenting Shetland.

Beatrice Wishart has highlighted that Transport Scotland is seeking views on the NorthLink ferry services as part of the consultation called Community Needs Assessment for the Orkney and Shetland Islands, which is part of the Islands Connectivity Plan.

Alistair Carmichael has spoken on revelations at a hearing of the House of Commons environment, food and rural affairs select committee, that it was the Scottish government which sought the devolution of the Fisheries and Coastal Growth Fund, leading to Scottish fishermen being allocated 8 per cent of the fund.

An eye is being kept on several Russian factory trawlers, 100 nautical miles north-west of Shetland and just over the line between Faroese waters and UK waters.