A former Lerwick optician is suing his estranged wife and erstwhile business partner for more than £800,000, claiming that her actions after they went their separate ways six years ago effectively left him out of work.

Tom Jamieson could hardly have taken in just how big a part his pleasure-boat service to Mousa would play when he first started ferrying tourists to the isle in 1971.

Councillors are being urged to reject a major housing project proposed for Scalloway, seven months after it was kicked into the long grass pending the outcome of an appeal over a separate scheme in Tingwall.

Plans for a major housing development in Tingwall which were stalled over fears good agricultural land could be lost are back on track. Hjaltland Housing Association is planning to resubmit its application for the proposed Veensgarth development.

Calls have been made for Shetland’s “lifeline” air-links to the UK mainland to be safeguarded in the face of threatened strike action by BAA workers down south.

The six workers at the Walls factory owned by troubled seafood business Isle of Shuna, which went into administration yesterday, have been told they will lose their jobs.

Lerwick’s new network of CCTV cameras is being plagued by technical difficulties four months after an official launch event was supposed to have taken place.

West Side mussel business Demlane Ltd has gone into administration alongside its parent company Isle of Shuna plc, in what will come as a major blow to the local seafood industry.

Shetland MSP Tavish Scott is calling on the Scottish government to take a leaf out of NorthLink’s book when it comes to cutting running costs at the lifeline ferry operator.

A major conference designed to show­case the best in architecture will attract a long line of speakers from home and abroad when it takes place next month.