Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Following a resumed ministerial roundtable, Alistair Carmichael has welcomed confirmation that any proposed switch-off of energy meters of the radio teleswitch service will be paused over the winter in the north of Scotland, including Shetland and Orkney.

During the meeting Mr Carmichael pressed Ofgem representatives on their handling of the RTS switch-off, and he reiterated concerns about ensuring “no detriment” in energy tariffs for customers switching away from RTS.

There was a power cut in Dunrossness and Scousburgh, affecting 289 customers. SSEN said that this was due to damage to the network.

The SaxaVord Spaceport has made two senior staff appointments with Ian Palmer joining as director of operations and Nadine Armiger-Drake as spaceport operations manager.

As expected, the floating production storage and offloading vessel Petrojarl Knarr, is being renamed Petrojarl Rosebank.

Walking Scotland is encouraging people in Shetland to walk more while also campaigning for funding to invest in safe, local routes and walking paths.

The meeting of the Shetland Islands Council’s education and families committee has heard that the revised estimate of the timeline for the new Brae school is for the school to open in August 2028. [LDRS]