Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

After arriving off the River Tyne in the early hours of Tuesday, this morning the NorthLink ferry Hjaltland was still sailing around off the coast.

A coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh has been tasked for an NHS patient transfer. This was from Stronsay to Kirkwall.

NHS Shetland is encouraging anyone who wants to stop smoking to get in touch with NHS Shetland’s Health Improvement Team which is offering the Quit Your Way service in Shetland.

The ferry service on Yell Sound is operating to a single vessel timetable because of a fault in one of the Daggri’s control modules.

For a third day there are no white fish markets at Lerwick and Scalloway, the longest period for many years with no markets. So far landings from 12 boats are scheduled for the markets tomorrow.

Shetland Analytical Services, formerly Shetland Seafood Quality Control, has secured a distribution agreement with Sensoreal, the Canadian biotechnical company, to expand access to rapid biotoxin testing for the UK shellfish industry.

Work is to get underway next Wednesday, and to take two weeks to complete, on widening the road junction at Mayfield at Sand.