Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

North parts of Lerwick, along with Bressay, the Central Mainland and the West Mainland have had power cuts, with some parts back on within the hour and others after that. The fault was on the overhead network, which required taking off further customers to allow for repairs.

NorthLink Ferries received a gold rating at the Green Tourism Awards, the only ferry operator to do so.

Unite has confirmed that its Worley Services and Altrad Services members are the latest group of oil and gas workers to demand a better deal on jobs, pay and conditions at the Sullom Voe Terminal.

As previously mentioned, this is MS Awareness Week. With this being MS Awareness Week, Beatrice Wishart, who is a member of the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on MS, is supporting the national campaign to break taboos about Multiple Sclerosis.

The 2024 Shetland Classic Motor Show, in the first weekend in June, will be the 40th anniversary show.

Equinor, the developer of the now underway Rosebank project, 85 nautical miles north-west of Unst, pays its women workers more than men on average.

A coastguard rescue team, the ambulance service and the police attended the arrival of the 44 metre, French pair trawler, Bressay Bank at Mair’s East. This was for the transfer to shore of a crewman in need of medical attention. The Bressay Bank then resumed its trip to Hanstholm.