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  • Plans have been submitted to the Shetland Islands Council to build fifteen new homes on the site of the former Moorfield Hotel in Brae, which was destroyed by fire in July 2020.

  • The Scottish government is developing plans for a Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance. This new benefit would provide continued support to adults with a disability, or long-term health condition, with about 300 people in that category in Shetland.

  • The University of the Highlands and Islands has won the Multiparty Collaboration award, for its work with various partners, including Highlands and Islands Airports Limited, in developing a way for the commercialisation of green regional aircraft operations.

  • The Marine Conservation Society has published its annual State of the Beaches 2023 report. Volunteers in Scotland, including in the Scalloway and Burra areas of Shetland, took part in the beach clean programme last year, collecting and recording all rubbish found on 100 metre stretches of beach.

  • Protesters in Shetland joined protesters in Scotland at the weekend to demonstrate as part of the North Sea Fossil Free campaign. However, just like the oil and gas companies themselves, the local protesters seemed confused on where the Rosebank field is.

  • Nine crofters from Lewis and Harris have been to Shetland to witness local control of livestock disease, such as sheep scab. They learned more about the Shetland Animal Health Scheme.

  • Alistair Carmichael is listed on the order paper for Transport Questions in the House of Commons on Thursday. Mr Carmichael will ask the transport minister what recent discussions he has had with the operators of the helicopter search and rescue services on response times.

  • The Scottish Liberal Democrats have published research from freedom of information requests on the days of nursing and midwifery staff lost to mental ill health since 2020. The figures for Shetland are for only one year but they are still less than the Scottish average.

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