Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Flowing weather-related delays, work on the new harbour facilities at North Haven in Fair Isle are expected to be completed in November.

With the exams over, a fun photo scavenger hunt is being organised for young people at the Anderson High School halls of residence.

About 70 Unite union workers, employed by Aberdeen International Airport are being balloted for industrial action in an escalating pay dispute.

With Emma Macdonald, leader of the Shetland Islands Council, saying that “doing nothing is not an option” over fixed-links, and that fixed-links connecting islands could help stave off depopulation, and revitalise island economies, population figures show that, apart from Unst, and to a much lesser degree Yell, the populations of the fixed-link islands have been remarkable stable over the last 35 years.

Staff from the Shetland Islands Council’s Housing Service will be carrying out estate inspections across Shetland during June.

The latest Viking Gene newsletter highlights results which show that genes and sunlight strongly interact with more than 300 genetic variants linked to vitamin D levels.

The cruise ship in Lerwick harbour on Saturday was the 240 metre ultra-luxury discovery-yacht Scenic Eclipse which features in the six-part Channel 5 travel series with Jane McDonald called From Pole to Pole.