Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

After many months of planning, the new Shetland Animal Welfare charity shop in the Toll Clock Shopping Centre will open on Thursday afternoon with Shetland Vets’ founder Jim Nicolson cutting the ribbon.

Last year, once more, there were more deaths in Shetland than there were births with the balance resulting in an increase in population due to immigration to Shetland.

With a solution identified, it is hoped that the North Cormorant topsides can now be brought to shore and the laydown area at the Dales Voe Base.

The death of the man whose body was recovered 36 nautical miles from Arbroath after going overboard from Ambassador Cruise Lines’ Ambition is not being treated as suspicious. The Ambition was on its way from Lerwick to Dundee at the end of a solar eclipse cruise including Faroe and Iceland.

A coastguard AW189 helicopter, normally based at Inverness but currently based at Sumburgh, was tasked to an offshore support vessel in the Rosebank field 85 nautical miles west-north-west of Unst.

In a study being carried out by McGregor Solutions, views are being sought from local businesses, and organisations, on cruise tourism.

Since the weekend Shetland has been enjoying weather as good as it has been at any time throughout the summer. Unfortunately it is still within the midge season and the midges have agreed that the weather, including the fairly low wind speeds, are perfect for them to be on the attack.