Good morning, Firefighters have been called to tackle an enormous fire at a hotel on a Scottish island. Pictures show flames ripping through the building of Moorfield Hotel in Brae, Shetland, in the early hours of the morning. The 100-bedroom hotel was built seven years ago mainly to provide accommodation for staff at the nearby Shetland Gas Plant. Last month a petition was circulating on social media to help prevent the business from closing. Message from the editor While I have your attention, I also have an important request to make of you. With the coronavirus lockdown having a major impact on many of our advertisers - and consequently the revenue we receive - we are more reliant than ever on you taking out a digital subscription. Subscribe to scotsman.com and enjoy unlimited access to Scottish news and information online and on our app. With a digital subscription, you can read more than 5 articles, see fewer ads, enjoy faster load times, and get access to exclusive newsletters and content. Visit https://www.scotsman.com/subscriptions now to sign up. Our journalism costs money and we rely on advertising, print and digital revenues to help to support them. By supporting us, we are able to support you in providing trusted, fact-checked content for this website. Your feedback is really important, please email me with any comments and suggestions at joy.yates@jpimedia.co.uk Joy Yates Editorial Director JPIMedia Scotland |