Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

There is more after we reported on Sunday on the regional bus fare pilot scheme, capping fares at £2, which will be rolled out in Shetland and in Orkney, along with the Western Isles, the Highlands, Moray and Argyll and Bute.

Of 268 drivers in Scotland, still driving with 12 or more points, one was in Shetland, which is what would have been expected.

Investment company Carlyle is continuing with its acquisition of the fleet of floating production storage and offloading vessels from infrastructure company Altera, including the Petrojarl Knarr, which is being renamed Petrojarl Rosebank.

Dogfish, which are small sharks, have been linked to attacks on fish farm pens, tearing the netting with the potential of allowing salmon to escape.

There has been another covid-related death in Shetland, bringing the number of covid-related deaths in Shetland since September to four, including two in one week at the end of November. Up to September there was a period of 15 months from June last year with no covid-related deaths in Shetland.

The Scottish government has set a limit on the costs of building the new NHS Grampian maternity hospital, which is likely to be used on occasion for patients of NHS Shetland.

It has been suggested that the economic-link landing-target for pelgic fish, whatever the rate, has only been possible under Brexit.