Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

With the Fraserburgh Ocean Star and the Fraserburgh Christina S in port to land mackerel, the two skippers of the Christina S took the opportunity to undertake their Lerwick harbour pilot exemption certificates.

The SNP candidate for Shetland in the Scottish parliament election in May, Hannah Mary Goodlad, has said that she is making sure that funding for tunnels in Shetland is on the agenda of the Scottish government and that she has been discussing possible funding options with Shona Robson, the Scottish finance minister.

The Shetland Islands Council staff are continuing with extra runs to collect as many, as possible, refuse collections that were recently-missed because of the wintry weather.

After some motorist had more issues than others on the wintry roads, and with the temperature expected to be fairly cold at this time of the year, there has been a repeat of the warning that winter tyres, or all-season tyres, should be fitted when temperatures are consistently below 7 degrees, even when it is just wet rather than being covered in snow and ice.

Beatrice Wishart has called for the land and sea surrounding Shetland, currently managed by Crown Estate Scotland, to be devolved to the Shetland Islands Council.

Historic Environment Scotland has said that it would consider how some of its properties could be used by community groups throughout Shetland.

A light refurbishment programme is to get underway on the light at the Sumburgh Head lighthouse, one of six remaining lighthouses in Shetland.