Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Hannah Mary Goodlad has responded to a recent call at a Shetland Community Councils' forum for a moratorium on energy developments in Shetland. Both she and Alistair Carmichael were criticised for not immediately adopting the forum’s call for a moratorium on energy developments.

Shetland Aerogenerators is the first company to sign the Shetland Development Charter, which sets out key expectations of investors for developments in Shetland.

Shetland was tenth of the 32 local authorities in Scotland with an increase in population in their data zones compared to a decrease, with Orkney sixth.

The Shetland Sports Awards are returning to celebrate local sporting successes achieved across the past year.

Figures presented to the Shetland Islands Council’s education and families committee yesterday show that school pupils with an attendance rate of less than 80 per cent have increased and that “remains an area of concern”. [LDRS]

Shetland Arts is taking part in the National Cinema Weekender on Saturday and Sunday. Homemade 2026 is also this weekend, with back-to-back short films from local Shetland filmmakers.

The Shetland Film Archive has secured funding for a £19,500 community engagement project.