Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

SSEN Transmission has signed a long-term framework agreement with Sumitomo Electric Industries and Van Oord Offshore Wind UK for the engineering, supply, transport and installation of the second high voltage direct current cable between Shetland and the Scottish mainland.

A couple of helicopter medical evacuations that were not possible earlier because of fog were successfully completed yesterday.

Like in most rural areas of Scotland, rural homes in Shetland are mostly heavily dependent on heating oil, which since the start of the Iran war dramatically increased in price. But many homeowners are not applying for help.

Meanwhile, in parliament, Alistair Carmichael called on the UK government to do more to “mitigate the worst effects” of the conflict around Iran on the UK economy, and particularly on food producers.

The cruise ship in Lerwick harbour today is the 237 metre Spirit of Discovery at Mairs East on arrival from Seydisfjordur and departure for Dover.

The vessels are gathering at the West Burrafirth pier for the delayed maintenance on the linkspan at the Papa Stour ferry terminal.

Meanwhile the stand-in ferry Fivla is on the Papa Stour route while the regular ferry Snolda is on its annual docking maintenance until the end of the month.

Sven Thomson, who grew up and still lives in Weisdale, and is an electricity network apprentice with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Distribution, has won an award for excellence at the University of the Highlands and Islands annual awards.