Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

For the fifth time this year, blue-green algae has been confirmed in Shetland, this time in Spiggie Loch.

After Shetland’s sail training vessel the Swan, with ten trainees from Shetland on board for 14 nights, withdrew from the Stavanger to Aalborg leg of the 70th anniversary Tall Ships Races, because of the weather, it has been sailing through Limfjord, spending time in various ports.

The Lerwick lifeboat was launched on service to go to a yacht 40 nautical miles east-south-east of Lerwick.

In the wake of the SSPCA abandoning Scottish islands, including Shetland, a new charity shop is being set up by the Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary.

White fish box landings: 4 boats landed about 1500 boxes.

The cruise ship in Lerwick harbour today is the 333 metre MSC Preziosa at anchor on arrival from Hamburg and departure for Seyðisfjörður.

The Scottish Government is to start promoting the £2 bus fare. This is to be available on participating routes in Shetland, Orkney, the Western Isles, Moray, the Highlands and parts of Argyle and Bute.