Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The same coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked on two helicopter NHS patient transfers.

AIS alerts were pinpointed to Lerwick harbour. This happened by accident during work on the AIS equipment on a vessel.

Although only a small number of people from Shetland travel to the United states for business, academic and educational reasons, they have been advised to read and to act on the latest UK government travel advice for the United States.

There has been a 9 per cent drop in satisfaction in public transport by disabled people. In Shetland, accessible transport options are available including low-floor buses with wheelchair spaces, accessible taxis and the inter-island ferries provide assistance.

A study of the area of Scotland which includes Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles, show an increase among paramedics sickness hours with the reason recorded as anxiety, stress or depression.

Shetland has the lowest figure, of the islands local authority areas in Scotland, for the number of publicly-available rapid chargers for electric vehicles.

The NorthLink passenger ferry Hrossey looks like being on time for coming back in service and the return of the seven days a week sailings.

Beatrice Wishart hosted Brain Tumour Research’s 2025 Wear a Hat Day in the Scottish Parliament. Hosting Wear a Hat Day was to raise awareness among parliamentarians of the brain tumour disease.