Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The Scottish government has announced changes to allow for additional flexibility to overnight visitor levies. In September, after a review, the Shetland Islands Council decided against a visitor levy.

In cabinet office questions, during the backbench business debate in the House of Commons on Thursday, Alistair Carmichael will ask a question on the priorities in negotiations with the European Union on a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement.

About 170 pupils from S3 in the Anderson High School took part in the nationwide Maritime Pathways programme, delivered by the Scottish Maritime Cluster in the Clickimin Centre.

The Scottish parliament is debating a motion about violence against women and girls. Beatrice Wishart, who is deputy convener of the cross-party group on Men’s Violence Against Women and Girls said that this should be a chance for all parties to come together and to send a clear message that violence against women and girls has no place in our society.

The meeting of the Shetland Islands Council’s policy and resources committee heard yesterday of a proposal to increase taxi tariff fares to compensate for rises in costs such as vehicle maintenance, fuel and cost of living. [LDRS]

NHS Shetland has announced that, after multiple recruitment rounds, a new audiologist has been appointed, and they will take up their post in the New Year alongside continued investment in modernising the audiology equipment.

While meeting with senior representatives of Loganair, Orkney member of the Scottish parliament Liam McArthur called on Loganair to reduce the cost of air travel to and from island airports.