Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Despite Loganair flights cancelled because of low cloud at Sumburgh airport yesterday, apart from a Bergen arrival and the Inverness departure, one small private flight arrived and then departed.

Detained in Lerwick harbour for repairs after two and a half weeks has been the 17 year old 23 metre UK-registered yacht Paula Rosa.

The next pelagic fishery for Shetland pelagic vessels is herring, starting sometime next month. Meanwhile Norwegian pelagic vessels are continuing touch and go berthing in Lerwick harbour.

The Marine Scotland fisheries research vessel Scotia has been at anchor in Breiwick, before berthing at Holmsgarth Five, after undertaking a survey east of Shetland.

The Aith lifeboat was launched on service to a fishing boat with a leaking pipe problem east of Foula.

There was radio check around the Lerwick harbour area after smart-alert AIS VHF radio DSC man-overboard type distress signals were monitored. However nothing came to light and the signals ceased. They may have come from a lifejacket in storage.

The SNP’s WASPI compensation bill has been refused a second reading in the House of Commons, despite support from politicians from most parties. Beatrice Wishart stated in January that the figures showed that the UK government had turned its back on hundreds of thousands of people who were wronged through no fault of their own.

Alistair Carmichael has said that, in order to give the best chance against the bluetongue virus, it was essential that livestock is properly vaccinated and he has encourage all producers to do so as soon as possible.