A man had to be airlifted from an oil platform off the isles coast on Sunday evening.
The medical evacuation took place 137 miles north east of Sumburgh.
A call went out to the UK Coastguard at 8.30pm, with the medivac being completed just before midnight.
The man was flown to Tingwall Airport and taken from there to the Gilbert Bain Hospital for treatment.
In today’s (Friday, 19th April) edition of The Shetland Times:
READ FULL STORYThe council are asking for the public to come forward with their views for the second phase of the consultation on a new community council scheme.
READ FULL STORYA 42-year-old man who was caught drink-driving twice in under three months has been hit with a hefty fine. Terry John Laurenson, from Hamnavoe, Burra,…
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