Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Last month the Shetland Islands Council warned that the time of year was approaching for the start of the summer programme of surface dressing on the local roads network. Now the council is warning of cold tar patching and hot tar patrching at various locations.

Ocean Kinetics multicat BK Marjorie, acquired last May, has returned from Fair Isle with its 1,000-tonne capacity heavy lift barge, P7. Both are employed on work in upgrading the terminals for the Fair Isle ferry service .

The 28 metre Peterhead registered Ocean Harvest is expected in Peterhead harbour at about midnight after taking in water about 20 nautical miles east-south-east of Fair Isle.

Yesterday the Lerwick lifeboat and a coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh were called out to respond to the reception of an Inmarsat C, or Sat-C, distress alert, identified as coming from east of the north of Shetland.

The floating production storage and off-loading vessel Petrojarl Rosebank has arrived in Manger Fjord, 17 nautical north-north-west of Bergen, after a two month voyage from Dubai.

Researchers of the Language Sciences Institute at the University of the Highlands and Islands are inviting participants to take part in a survey exploring the use of minoritised languages in Scotland.

There are now 144 cruise ship arrivals for Lerwick harbour this year, down from 151, after nine cancellations and two additions.

Figures show that, in a pilot of the Phio clinically-led digital physiotherapy assessment tool, involving 500 NHS Shetland patients aged 18 to 85, three quarters received the musculoskeletal assessment and guidance they needed immediately, without the need for onward referral, joining a waiting list or having to travel to an appointment.