Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Shetland member of Scottish parliament, Hannah Mary Goodlad, has received a briefing from the RSA UK team on the Shetland Space Communications Optical Terminal, the upcoming space-infrastructure project based at Sella Ness.

Some internet users in Shetland, who have had issues and loss of e-mails since Wednesday, have reported that emails are starting to come through again.

The 37 metre Dutch owned Barquentine Thelassa has finally received permission to berth in Tórsavn after sailing north-west of Orkney and considering heading back to Denmark having sailed from Aalborg on Monday

The 16 Dutch yachts in the three-month long, 25th anniversary, Nordic Round XL 2026 cruisehave been arriving in Lerwick harbour and they will be in port until Monday.

In the latest water situation report from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Shetland remains at the normal level for water scarcity.

Four warships from Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One are currently tasked with guarding and patrolling subsea infrastructure around Shetland and Orkney, including oil and gas pipelines, interconnectors and power and telecommunications cables.

In addition to the already mentioned deep partial eclipse of the sun by the moon next week, in Shetland there will also be a deep partial eclipse of the moon two weeks later.