Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

In a submission for evidence sessions, in June, of the House of Commons Scottish affairs committee, the international engineering consultancy COWI will make the case that the barrier to delivering fixed link tunnels in Scotland’s islands, including Shetland, is not engineering feasibility but instead it is political ambition and funding.

This year was the 70th anniversary of the Junior Up Helly Aa. Originally it was for primary 7 and transitional class boys, with the galley built by secondary technical-class pupils.

In the first four months of this year, almost 93 thousand boxes were landed at the white fish markets of Lerwick and Scalloway.

According to a freedom of information request from the Shetland Islands Council, there have been no leaks of sewage in schools in Shetland over the last seven years.

The cruise ship season is really getting underway in Lerwick harbour with three arrivals.

On Saturday, it was the third time since last July that a coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked for a medical evacuation from the Faroese Smyril Line passenger ferry Norröna.

The Change.org petition to oppose the Faroe Islands hosting the 2027 Island Games, because of the whale grinds, has reached 38,000 signatures with a new goal of 50,000.