Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Alistair Camichael has opened his Shetland constituency office at 155 Commercial Street in Lerwick. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was performed by former Liberal Democrat member of the Scottish parliament for Shetland, Beatrice Wishart, who shared his previous office, and the Liberal Democrat member of the Scottish parliament for the Highlands and Islands, Morven-May MacCallum, who is visiting Shetland this weekend.

In the first eight months of this year, electricity generators throughout Scotland have been handed more than £1 billion in constraint payments when the national grid cannot accept their power. Of that, constraint payments going to the Viking Energy wind farm this year, had, by earlier this year, exceeded £10 million, adding up to £32 million since the Viking Energy wind farm opened in August 2024.

A new survey is seeking people living in Shetland and in the Outer Hebrides who are paying the highest average price for diesel per litre.

The survey would like to ask how they are coping with the surge in cost; were they taking fewer car journeys or had they cut back in other areas to pay for the diesel bill?

The Norwegian Fisherman's Association has criticised the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries after the 41 metre Norwegian pelagic boat Einar Erlend was escorted into Lerwick harbour on Tuesday night by the fisheries protection vessel Hirta and fined £4000 for lack of documentation for fishing for mackerel in the British sector.

As the Species on the Edge programme comes to an end, there a two-day event in Shetland next month will look at what has been learned from the project and what will help develop new connections and partnerships between crofting and conservation interests in Shetland.

With cancellation of the cruise ship Viking Vela to Lerwick harbour Saturday and the addition of the National Geographic Endurance, in port Thursday and Friday, there are now 138 cruise ship arrivals listed for Lerwick harbour this year, down from the original 151 expected at the beginning of the year.