Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

It is hoped to have the 28 year old, 17 metre, Severn-class, Lerwick lifeboat Michael and Jane Vernon back in service this week, with that dependent on the arrival of new lifejackets.

Once the Michael and Jane Vernon is back in service, the relief lifeboat for the last six months, the Fraser Flier, will head to Inverness.

Next week is the Scotland UK Parliament Week, now in its 15th year with the Anderson High School taking part this year.

After Beatrice Wishart responded to the UK government’s announcement on Wednesday that it will look again at its previous rejection of compensation for women affected by changes to the state pension age, it has emerged that 4,000 WASPI women in Scotland have died since the end of 2020 and before receiving any compensation for the injustice they endured.

Ariane Burgess, member of the Scottish parliament for the Highlands and Islands, has criticised the Scottish government for going backwards on peatland restoration.

The coastguard called for the help of nearby shipping in the hope of tracing the source of what could have been distress signals in the Shetland area.

After another visit to Dales Voe to load rock for the Gruness ferry terminal devlopment, Keynvor Morlift’s normally Falmouth-based 25 metre multicat Sarah Grey, and its 60 metre flat-top pontoon-barge Mormaen 15, have returned to Lerwick harbour to await better weather.