The Scottish Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow backed plans for ferries put forward by West of Scotland member of the Scottish parliament Jamie Green.
The tanker drivers strike at Glasgow Airport and Edinburgh Airport does not appear to be impacting Loganair flights to and from Sumburgh Airport.
The coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked a fourth time in 24 hours, this time to the FPSO Aoka Mizu 50 nautical miles west of Foula.
Jonathan Wills has published a revised, enlarged and expanded edition of Seabirds and Seals, self-published under his Bressabooks imprint. (Review on SIBC).
The fault in the Shefa 2 cable, between Sandwick and the Ayre of Cara in South Ronaldsay, is now into its third week, a record for a Shefa 2 cable fault, and it is likely to last until the end of the week.
In questioning the leader of the House of Commons on Thursday, Alistair Carmichael asked government ministers to cooperate and to contribute to the upcoming isles telecommunications resilience summit.
There is speculation that the air temperature at 5000 feet over Shetland will be -10 degrees next weekend, but the ground temperature will be nearer average for the end of October.
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