Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

A shadow fleet tanker, that was sanctioned by the United Kingdom government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office only last Tuesday, has passed to the east, north and west of Shetland while on the way from Primorsk to Singapore.

Shetland could benefit from a share of the £1.1 million of Scottish government funding to Highlands and Islands Enterprise for training in the offshre wind sector.

In the latest figures, just published, 147 operations were scheduled for the Gilbert Bain Hospital in April with three cancellations.

There are numerous reports of landlines with Shetland dialling-codes receiving calls claiming to come from Amazon.

Sixteen yachts took part in the second leg of the Shetland Race from Lerwick to Bergen. First to arrive at the finishing line south of Bergen, in the fast time of 18 hours 56 minutes, was the Swedish yacht Luft.

The winner overall of Leg 1 was also the Luft. In the double-handed class 1 with only two crew members, the winner was the Norwegian Storm. Class 2 was won by the Norwegian Amante and Class 3 was won by the Norwegian Xsaresa.

While attending the Royal Highland Show, Alistair Carmichael, spoke on the need for greater fairness in the food supply chain.