Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Today is election day for the Scottish parliament, with Scottish parliamentary elections held every five years. The 28 polling places in Shetland, with 34 polling stations, are now open with 71 staff assisting until 10 pm this evening.

Throughout all of Scotland the votes will be counted tomorrow, rather than overnight, with the counts in Shetland undertaken by 44 staff.

Today is the 25th anniversary of FishSAFE, the innovation which has improved the safety of fishermen working on the UK continental shelf, where there are oil and gas developments, including in the North Sea east of Shetland and in the Atlantic Ocean west of Shetland.

The coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked on an NHS patient transfer from Fair Isle.

The coastguard in Shetland was tasked yesterday with arranging for the relief RNLI lifeboat at Kirkwall to convey the police and members of coastguard rescue teams to Stronsay.

White fish box landings: 6 boats landed about 1500 boxes.

Last month it was announced that mussels that had been rope grown in Shetland, and elsewhere, were contained in a new premium product launched by Asda. Now Morrisons has launched a local rope grown mussel product in its The Best range.