Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The dredging in Lerwick harbour has moved from Dales Voe to the north harbour, off Mair’s East.

In the Rosebank field, 85 nautical miles west-north-west of Unst, hook-up operations are continuing with the 256-metre floating production storage and offloading vessel Petrojarl Rosebank.

Two Orkney-based dive boats are back operating out of Lerwick harbour for the summer.

Luke Farajallah, the chief executive officer of Loganair has said that, assuming the appropriate funding can be found, Loganair is ready to reinstate and to resume the Inverness–Kirkwall–Sumburgh service and the Inverness–Stornoway service from October.

Meanwhile, following many months of discussion with Highlands and Islands Airports Limited, Transport Scotland and other stakeholders, the Inverness–Kirkwall–Sumburgh service and the Inverness–Stornoway service will be temporarily reduced from the 19th of July.

The Play Pedagogy Award was presented in Baltasound by Fiona Kirkland, the Play Pedagogy lead at Play Scotland, in the company of pupils, staff, and parents and families, during a special day-long play event in the school.

A freedom of information request shows that the Shetland Islands Council had 62 active credit cards in use in last financial year, spending almost £335,000, much the same as the previous two years.