SHETLAND Islands Council is “doing as much as it can” regarding the threat of cyber attacks – with a warning made that the local authority “cannot be complacent”. The topic was raised at a meeting of the council’s audit committee on Monday morning amid a number of cyber attacks in …
Read More »Last Bluemull ferry run at 7pm following Bigga incident
THE LAST run on the Bluemull Sound ferry route will be at 7.05pm tonight after today’s incident aboard the Bigga. The Geira is currently operating to a Saturday timetable, with bookings suspended, after a cement mixer toppled over and damaged several vehicles at around 7.30am this morning. No-one was injured …
Read More »Royal Mail : Remote and rural areas of UK are shopping hotspots for online Black Friday purchases
Royal Mail today reveals the top ten areas where shoppers made the most online purchases over the course of Black Friday weekend this year. Savvy shoppers in Shetland Islands top the list of the UK’s top buyers in the biggest cyber shopping event of the year, followed by Kirkwall, Hebrides, …
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