NORTHLINK has warned its services could be disrupted for up to six days over the next week. The ferry operator said its freight and passenger ferries could be affected from Wednesday 19 through to Monday 24 February. Read more Shetland News …

ISLES MP Alistair Carmichael has called for some much-needed clarity on a number of unanswered questions around the government’s Alternative Fuel Payment (AFP) benefit. The MP said that following a call for responses from islanders many of his constituents had found they had not received the one-off payment of £200 while others got it unexpectedly, […] Shetland News …