Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

After being closed to road traffic for over three months last year, due to SSEN Distribution cabling works, the Dales Lees road is to be closed again, but only to heavy goods vehicles of over 7.5 tonnes, and only during the work-day of Monday to Friday. [LDRS]

HGVs of over 7.5 tonnes will have to divert through Brae, adding about ten minutes journey time for vehicles heading to the Toft ferry terminal.

Preliminary figures show Norwegian vessels catching over 22,000 tonnes of demersal fish in UK waters, while UK vessels caught less than 9,500 tonnes in Norwegian waters.

Alistair Carmichael has commented that a degree of Norwegian access was welcome, but the current agreement, and catch limits, were clearly favouring the Norwegians, at a cost to the UK’s own fleets

The Lerwick Up Hella Aa day and overnight it is expected to be breezy with an east-south-easterly near gale force 7 wind.

Contractors have arrived on site of the new Brae High School vcampus to undertake ground inspection works, commencing with rotary rig holes. [LDRS]

In Lerwick harbour, at the Greenhead Base, is the 86 metre cargo boat Schillig arriving from Ceuta in Spain with batteries for the Gremista battery park.