Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

During the last financial year, the Shetland Islands Citizens Advice Bureau helped local people to secure more than £1.5 million, of which £1.4 million was through successful benefit applications, appeals and back-payments.

The Shetland Islands Council has advised livestock owners to take precautions against the Bluetongue virus which can affect all ruminant mammals, including sheep, cattle and goats.

Alistair Carmichael, as chair of the House of Commons environment, food and rural affairs select committee, has warned that a report by the Food Foundation should be a “wakeup call” on the future of UK food security.

Allseas double-hulled heavy-lift vessel Pioneering Spirit is passing about 100 nautical miles east of Shetland today on its way to North Cormorant, 60 nautical miles north-east of Unst, where it is due this evening.

White fish box landings: 3 boats landed about 600 boxes. Pelagic fish landings: The Fraserburgh Ocean Star is landing herring at Lerwick.

The cruise ships in Lerwick harbour today are the 105 metre Seadream at Victoria Pier East until departure for Tórshavn, the 229 metre Viking Saturn at Mairs East on arrival from Bergen and departure for Aberdeen and the 294 metre Norwegian Star at anchor in arrival from Akureyri and departure for Leith.

On Monday, the Shetland Islands Council resumed its annual programme of surface dressing on the Shetland roads network, after a pause of a few weeks. The work has to be done in the warmer temperatures of the summer months.