Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Doctor Alex Simmonds, a space law expert at the University of Dundee, had warned that without the right regulatory framework, the SaxaVord Spaceport could lose out to stiff competition from overseas.

The South Mainland 2025 Up Helly Aa' Jarl squad, with full Up Helly Aa size torches, joined by Shetlanders in Edinburgh, took part yesterday evening in the annual torchlight procession marking the start of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations.

In figures for NHS Shetland, 2,543 patients had contact with NHS primary dental care for assessment or treatment in the quarter from July to September this year.

Until a week on Thursday, Loganair is holding its Tartan Sale, offering 17 percent off flights across its network.

There has been another ferry NHS patient transfer organised by the coastguard. Once again this was from Yell.

According to British Geological Survey more than 300 earthquakes were recorded in the United Kingdom this year, with over two days to come. Four sub-sea earthquakes were recorded near Shetland during the year, the most powerful in November of a magnitude of 3.2 at 85 nautical south-east of Sumburgh.

On Tuesday, there was still a street lighting outage from the middle to the north end of Saint Olaf Street in Lerwick and parts of adjoining streets.