Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

John Angus has taken over from Malcolm Craigie as the Lerwick Lifeboat’s operations manager, that being responsible for the lifeboat and its crew being always ready for service.

Alistair Carmichael has welcomed news that the United States will remove all tariffs, and restrictions, on whisky imports following King Charles’s state visit to the United States this week. Mr Carmichael noted that the whisky industry, including in the isles, had been taking a hit from the unnecessary tariffs so any mitigation to that had to be welcomed.

Connect, the organisation which represents parent councils in schools in Scotland, is proposing that that school-work for highers exams should become two-year courses in high schools such as the Anderson High School and the Brae High School.

The Faroese government has expressed interest in getting involved with the Rosebank and the Cambo projects. Rosebank and Cambo are close to each other about 85 nautical miles west and west-north-west of Unst. This is on the edge of the UK continental shelf, just a few miles from Faroese waters. Also, at one hundred nautical miles, the Faroese oil and gas port of Runivík, a bit like the Greenhead Base, is closer to Cambo and to Rosebank than is Lerwick.

A coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked to go to the 65 metre Mariner Sentinal platform standby and safety vessel in the Mariner field 70 nautical miles east-south-east of Sumburgh.

The Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl will be in Lerwick harbour for two days , as part of its Shanty Voyage. The Statsraad Lehmkuhl will be open to the public in the afternoon on both days

White fish box landings. The final total of the landings this week was about 5346 boxes.