Fourteen of Shetland’s most talent­ed young athletes attended the Scottish Schools Athletics Championships at the weekend, winning five medals and returning with a string of season’s best performances.

Fair Isle Through the Seasons by Malachy Tallack and Roger Riddington. Published by ZE Press at £15.

Dir are twa wirds dat immediately spring to my mind when I read or listen tae da late Rhoda Bulter’s poetry – da first een is “unique” and da second een is “irreplaceable”.

While mean temperatures for the month were close to the 1971-2000 normal across Scotland, it was slightly colder than average in Shetland.