Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

At a news conference this morning on the Iran war, the UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer announced a 53 million pound plan to support households who have faced a sharp rise in the cost of heating oil. There is a wide use of heating oil in Shetland and in Orkney .

The election notice has been issued on behalf of the returning officer for the Shetland constituency in the Scottish parliamentary election to be held on the 7th of May.

Ariane Burgess, the Scottish Greens member of the Scottish parliament for the Highlands & Islands, has said that a pledge made by the Scottish Greens, to introduce the biggest expansion of childcare for a generation, would save parents in Shetland thousands of pounds

Sgaron' Swapshop at Aith Hall in January has benefitted three charities.

The Northlink passenger ferry Hrossey is back after its drydocking period and so is the seven days a week service.

The Unite union, which represents thousands of offshore oil and gas workers, is calling on the UK government to stop blocking oil and gas production and to give the immediate go-ahead to the development of the Rosebank oil field, 85 nautical miles west-north-west of Eshaness and the Jackdaw gas field, off Aberdeen.

Meanwhile the floating production storage and offloading vessel Petrojarl Rosebank is to soon pass the Cape of Good Hope heading eventually for its anchorage in the Rosebank field, possibly first going to the Prinses Alexiahaven in Rotterdam