A NEW study has highlighted the economic benefits Scotland’s emerging space industry could bring – with plans for a launch facility in Unst playing a key part. Analysis commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) said that the UK could see cumulative spaceport services revenues of around $490m (c£350m) and $5.8 billion (c£4.2 billion) in […] Shetland News …
SHETLAND MSP Beatrice Wishart has reiterated her call for coronavirus testing for people travelling to the isles after a government official suggested island communities with low infection rates should be protected. National clinical director professor Jason Leitch said this morning in a parliament committee: “I would say if Orkney get to single figure numbers, we […] Shetland News …
THE COUNCIL has taken delivery of more than 4,000 tonnes of road salt ahead of what it says will likely be the coldest period of winter. It was transported on a freight vessel yesterday (Wednesday) which arrived into Scalloway from Northern Ireland. With more wintry conditions expected in the coming days and weeks, the council’s […] Shetland News …