Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The 53 metre survey vessel Geo Ocean IX came into the Greenhead Base in Lerwick after undertaking survey work in Yell Sound for the planned high-voltage AC subsea cable to Yell.

A coastguard helicopter base at Sumburgh was tasked to assist the ambulance service to recover an injured walker from Herma Ness.

What was thought be found ordinance on the tideline near Brough in Whalsay was a false alarm.

The Brudolph Hotels Group has said that the proceeds of £1.2 million from selling the Kveldsro House Hotel to NHS Education for Scotland, for use as staff accommodation by the Shetland NHS Board, will go towards improving the Lerwick Hotel.

Amjad Bseisu, chief executive of EnQuest, operator of the Sullom Voe Terminal, has confirmed that the six-well platform drilling programme by Odfjell Technology in the Magnus field, 70 nautical miles north-east of Unst, is getting underway.

And Ithaca Energy, which is sole owner of Cambo and has 20 per cent of Rosebank, both 85 nautical miles west and west-north-west of Unst, has said that it hopes to progress with Cambo after derisking the project and that production from Rosebank is on track to start in the coming months.

Meanwhile the 153 metre heavy-lift vessel BBC Amethyst arrived at the Dales Voe Base carrying reels for the Rosebank project.