Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

There have been two covid-related deaths in Shetland, the most in one week since January 2023, since when there have been 11 covid deaths. Since March 2020 there have been 39 covid-related deaths in Shetland.

IT issues with Edinburgh Airport’s air traffic control provider ANS grounded flights this morning. However the morning flight from Edinburgh landed at Sumburgh at 08:21, having taken off before the problem arose. But the 08:50 return to Edinburgh was delayed until 11:02 when issues at Edinburgh were resolved.

The Scalloway Community Development Company has announced that, at £200,000, it has raised sufficient funds to proceed to the next stage of the Scalloway Waterfront Regeneration Project.

In the discussions leading up to the approval by the Shetland Islands Council’s planning committee of the refreshed character appraisals for Shetland’s three conservation areas, the narrow nature of some of the historic streets was raised. [LDRS]

UK Defence Secretary John Healey and his Norwegian counterpart Tore O Sandvik signed the new Lunna House Agreement which will see the Royal Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy operate an interchangeable fleet of British-built Type-26 frigates to defend pipelines and cables. The agreement is named after Lunna House, the first headquarters in Shetland of the Shetland Bus operations during the Second World War.

Meanwhile Alistair Carmichael has secured an agreement from the UK government security minister, Dan Jarvis, to meet to discuss improvements to the security of undersea cables.

The coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked to a platform in the Claymore field 90 nautical miles south-south-east of Sumburgh. This was the first offshore medical evacuation by the helicopter in about three weeks.