Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

At a meeting of the Shetland Islands Council, Lerwick South councillor John Fraser encouraged his colleagues to avoid “political grandstanding” when discussing public sector perform of local government and health services and to work collaboratively to get the best for Shetland.

Loganair has agreed a three-year partnership with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to support the orchestra's engagement work in Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles.

The first day of the inquiry into the death, by covid, of 66 year old Donald Singer, heard of the effort to get him from Ninian Southern to Aberdeen by the coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh.

The members of the Shetland Islands Council approved an inter-island transport connectivity implementation route map which, subject to external funding, could see plans progress for two subsea tunnels and eight new inter-island ferries.

The Scottish Government confirmed earlier this year that funding will be made available to allow the project business case, and pre-construction work for the Yell Sound tunnel, to get underway.

A new 30-minute documentary, bringing the story of the Shetland Bus to a new generation, is available on YouTube from tomorrow evening. Hearts Across the Sea features three Shetland people with living memories of the Shetland Bus.

The arrival of the cruise ship in Lerwick harbour was change from Scalloway. The 124 metre National Geographic Endurance berthed at Victoria Pier East, arriving from Tórshavn.