Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

NHS Shetland has lodged a planning application for alterations to the former Kveldsro House Hotel in Lerwick to ready it for use as staff accommodation. [LDRS]

The drilling, blasting and dredging are moving back from Dales Voe to the Lerwick north harbour.

Brian Nugent, who stood for Alliance to Liberate Scotland in the Shetland constituency in the May Scottish parliamentary elections, has advocated the UK government to open up the “North Sea”.

Hannah Mary Goodlad, in her role of the Scottish government public finance minister, has issued a new direction requiring planning authorities to notify Scottish ministers within seven days of validation of applications of data centre developments exceeding 50 Megawatts power capacity.

After two days of in-service training, on Wednesday the schools in Shetland return for the new term after one of the longest summer holidays in years.

The coastguard issued a navigation warning when a local fishing boat came across a 12 foot floating fender.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has applied for planning permission for a replacement communications mast at the maritime rescue coordination centre at the Knab in Lerwick. [LDRS]