Outage affecting landlines, mobile phones and internet - Shetland

Police Scotland is aware that an outage is affecting some land and mobile lines on Shetland, including the internet. Engineers are working to restore services or divert services via other routes.

In an emergency you may be able call 999 from your landline or mobile even if you don’t have a signal from your mobile provider.

Superintendent David Ross said: “We are advising people not to make non-urgent calls for the time being so that all available lines can be used for emergencies if required.

“In an emergency the public should try calling 999 on their landline or mobile. If that does not work you should go to your nearest police station, ambulance station, fire station or hospital to report an emergency or try flagging down an emergency services vehicle that does not have its blue lights on.

“Officers are patrolling in vehicles and on foot and we are working with partners to make additional resources available. I would ask that relatives and neighbours of elderly or vulnerable people check on them regularly. Assistance alarms may not be operating correctly.”