Update – landline and mobile phone outage Shetland resolved

Following our previous messaging in relation to the outage that affected some landline and mobile phones in Shetland, engineers have confirmed that the issues have now been resolved and communications returned to normal.

Officers and vehicles moved to the area to assist to ensure the public had access to emergency services will be withdrawn in the coming days.

Chief Inspector Stuart Clemenson, area commander for Shetland, said: “I would like to thank all communities on Shetland and our partner agencies for their help and dedication in recent days.

“Thanks to a strong response from partners we were able to make sure the public had access to emergency services while engineers worked to restore communications.

“This is a prime example of how we work together, locally and nationally to make sure that incidents like these have as little impact as possible.

“Such a speedy response from all helped significantly reduce a serious situation developing for our communities and I would like to pay tribute to everyone involved.”