Drama is alive and kicking in Shetland, reports Carol Jamieson from the last night of the 73rd county drama festival ...

A PIONEERING new study on young people’s attitudes to alcohol and drugs in Shetland has highlighted the wider culture, peer pressure, lack of opportunities and stigma as key factors around substance ...

PLANS for a new “energy park” near Sullom Voe Terminal (SVT) which could feature up to ten wind turbines and battery storage ...

SCOTTISH Sea Farms says its proposed large new salmon farm in Shetland would be a development which “balances technical feasibility, food production potential and environmental impact”. It has now ...

COASTGUARD crew members laid a wreath in Bressay at the weekend honouring helicopter winchman Bill Deacon, who was lost during a rescue in the late 1990s. Deacon tragically died at sea on 19 November ...

DISCUSSIONS have been held about the idea of a district heating scheme in Scalloway, with hopes that a feasibility study ...

In this opinion piece, Green campaigner Alex Armitage makes the case for a more diversified education system that would ...

HELICOPTER crews working at Bristow have overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay. The ballot conducted among members of the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA ...

TWO island projects are set to benefit from a share of a £1.5 million Scottish Government funding pot. Fair Isle Electricity Company has been awarded £137,361 to build a solar array on the ground, ...

PLEASE NOTE: This review includes potentially upsetting themes, including suicide and references to child sexual abuse. GOOD theatre, I would always say, gets you feeling all the feels, writes Helen ...

THE NEW Centre for Sustainable Seafood, launched at the Scalloway campus of the University of the Highlands and Islands, aims to become more than just a centre for scientific excellence with a ...

THE CHAIRMAN of local campaign group Sustainable Shetland, Frank Hay, has called SSE’s £580 million investment decision in the controversial Viking Energy wind farm a “cynical attempt” to undermine ...