Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

With widespread public opinion that the extended 20 miles per hour zones in Lerwick have failed to reduce speeding, a nationwide survey by the RAC, following a freedom of information request, has highlighted excessive speeds in residential areas and near schools.

A coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked to go to the Noble Patriot semi-submersible drill platform in the Falcon field 16 nautical miles east-north-east of Unst.

O2 has confirmed that work continues at the Ward of Bressay to complete work that had to be abandoned recently due to lack of time.

Although Shetland has an oil reserve fund, established via the Zetland County Council Act 1974, Scotland never had a sovereign wealth fund, unlike Norway. The reason for this is little understood.

SSEN Transmission has signed a long-term framework agreement with Sumitomo Electric Industries and Van Oord Offshore Wind UK for the engineering, supply, transport and installation of the second high voltage direct current cable between Shetland and the Scottish mainland.

Like in most rural areas of Scotland, rural homes in Shetland are mostly heavily dependent on heating oil, which since the start of the Iran war dramatically increased in price. But many homeowners are not applying for help.

In parliament, Alistair Carmichael called on the UK government to do more to “mitigate the worst effects” of the conflict around Iran on the UK economy, and particularly on food producers.