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  • An 85-page report, co-developed by the Shetland Fishermen’s Association and the local energy transition consultants Voar, has highlighted projects such as the Arven and Stoura floating wind farms.

  • About 60 insulators, painters, scaffolders and supervision staff employed by contractor Altrad at the Sullom Voe Terminal are now on strike over pay for 24-hours until 6am Tuesdsay morning.

  • In the Scottish Conservative-led debate on the oil and gas industry in the Scottish parliament, Highlands and Islands member Jamie Halcro Johnston called on the UK government and the Scottish government to ensure that the Sullom Voe Terminal does not “become another Grangemouth or Mossmorran”.

  • In the first eleven months of this year, nearly 309,000 boxes were landed at the white fish markets of Lerwick and Scalloway.

  • New figures show that, of the island NHS board areas, Shetland had the highest percentage of people, adults and children, registered with an NHS dental practice.

  • The power cuts in Shetland last week highlighted the difference in dealing with a power cut in an underground line and an overhead line.

  • The Shetland Girls and Women’s Football Club won the sustainable club of the year category at the Scottish Women’s Football awards at Hampden Park in Glasgow.

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