Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The UK government funded Brae rural energy hub project, and the refurbished Brae Youth and Community Centre, are now open to the public after delays earlier this year in completing the project.

In roads works, work to reset a collapsed gully grating cover in Main Street Scalloway began yesterday and could be completed today. Meanwhile in the Grodians in Lerwick, work to install drop kerbs to form an access to a bin store were scheduled to start today and were expected to take three days to complete.

After the semi-finals, Katrina Coutts from Shetland is one of three finalists in the 16th year AgriScot Business Skills Award 2026.

Interested parties in Shetland and in Orkney have publicly welcomed a proposed ferry route from Aberdeen to Seyðisfjörður, a port on the east of Iceland that is used by the Smyril Line ferry Norröna.

Although it several years since local and UK fishermen had to follow European Union rules, what happens in Europe has an influence on local fisheries.

White fish box landings: Shetland Seafood Auction has been offline for a security update since yesterday afternoon and we can’t give you the morning’s landings. The landings this week up to yesterday were 4506 boxes. Pelagic fish landings: The Peterhead Quantus is landing mackerel.

The appeal has been turned down by the Scottish government, against the refusal by members of the Shetland Islands Council earlier this year to award planning permission in principle for seven new homes in Trondra. [LDRS]