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  • Figures show that, in a pilot of the Phio clinically-led digital physiotherapy assessment tool, involving 500 NHS Shetland patients aged 18 to 85, three quarters received the musculoskeletal assessment and guidance they needed immediately, without the need for onward referral, joining a waiting list or having to travel to an appointment.

  • Scotland’s salmon sector has written to all of the Scottish parliament election candidates, urging the next Scottish government to cut red tape and to support jobs, investment, and export growth.

  • The floating production storage and off-loading vessel Petrojarl Rosebank has been heading down the Fjords that act as the north entrance to Bergen.

  • Shetland Arts has launched its new look, with a rebrand and a website re-design. This includes a new logo, brighter colours and refreshed typography.

  • The offshore energy industry is holding an exercise next week to test its response to simulated threats involving suspicious vessels, drones and cyber-attacks.

  • With undersea infrastructure surrounding Shetland at risk from damage from an unfriendly source, there has also been a call for autonomous underwater vehicles to play a role in monitoring and defence.

  • The Liberal Democrat candidate for Shetland, Emma Macdonald, has written to the first minister on, what she called, seven key questions on gaps in the SNP manifesto and the lack of ambition for Shetland.

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