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  • In the first nine months of this year, almost 238 thousand boxes were landed at the white fish markets of Lerwick and Scalloway.

  • More than 250 paid NHS placements will be made available to parents across Scotland, including in Shetland, if there is any interest, as part of Scottish government efforts to eradicate child poverty.

  • From today, opening hours at the NHS Shetland walk-in clinic at Grantfield will be 12 noon to 8 pm on weekdays, alongside the existing 9 am to 5 pm weekend service.

  • For now, those with appointments for the Child Health Department at the Gilbert Bain Hospital will have to use the main hospital reception entrance.

  • An update is planned for Wednesday on Shetland Webcams, with the individual views effectively knocked off live-streaming by the power cut last Tuesday.

  • White fish box landings: 9 boats landed about 1100 boxes. Pelagic fish landings: The Irish Voyager is landing mackerel at Lerwick.

  • For the first time a Leonardo Agusta Westland AW189 helicopter, registration G-MCGU, is based at Sumburgh airport, taking over from the last of the Sikorsky S92 helicopters.

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