Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

After a pan-pan message for the 10 metre LK registered fishing boat Golden Grain, heading south under new ownership, which came to nothing, there was a mayday from the 28 metre Peterhead registered Ocean Harvest which was taking in water while pair trawling with the 28 metre Peterhead registered Harvester.

Yesterday the Lerwick lifeboat and a coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh were called out to respond to the reception of an Inmarsat C, or Sat-C, distress alert, identified as coming from east of the north of Shetland.

The floating production storage and off-loading vessel Petrojarl Rosebank has arrived in Manger Fjord, 17 nautical north-north-west of Bergen, after a two month voyage from Dubai.

Researchers of the Language Sciences Institute at the University of the Highlands and Islands are inviting participants to take part in a survey exploring the use of minoritised languages in Scotland.

White fish box landings: 2 boats landed about 300 boxes.

The cruise ship today is the 219 metre Renaissance at Mairs East on arrival from Aberdeen and departure for Kirkwall. There are now 144 cruise ship arrivals for Lerwick harbour this year, down from 151, after nine cancellations and two additions.

Figures show that, in a pilot of the Phio clinically-led digital physiotherapy assessment tool, involving 500 NHS Shetland patients aged 18 to 85, three quarters received the musculoskeletal assessment and guidance they needed immediately, without the need for onward referral, joining a waiting list or having to travel to an appointment.