People are asked to drive with caution after fuel tanker came off Vidlin road
Vidlin road to be closed on Friday to allow for removal of fuel tanker
A ‘lang lippened’ reduced speed limit is also set for the road between Whiteness and Weisdale
Meanwhile the council is proposing introducing fees on its public charge points for the first time – up to 57p per kWh
Loganair flights between HIAL airports are affected – but one MSP has criticised the move
Money has also gone to a project to deliver a four to five tonne load from Aberdeen to Orkney and Shetland on a hydrogen powered vessel
Moraig Lyall said fixed links ‘hit the button not just financially, but economically, socially and environmentally’
Council leader Emma Macdonald said it is ‘no exaggeration to say that this funding from the UK Government has saved Fair Isle as an inhabited island’
FlyHighland entrepreneur Thomas Eccles said ‘it is not going to be easy – but it is achievable’
