Bertie Summers, one of Shetland’s two members of the Scottish Youth Parliament, is reflecting on the first 12 months of ...

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

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

ANOTHER demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians was held outside Lerwick Town Hall this afternoon (Saturday) calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict. The gathering, which is now ...

SOME cruise ship holidays which include stop-offs at Shetland this summer are now on sale – with Lerwick Port Authority saying there have been an “encouraging number of enquiries” for calls this ...

UNION members working for contractor Worley at Sullom Voe Terminal including technicians, electricians and pipefitters have backed strike action. Unite members have unanimously supported strike action ...

A SHETLAND based business which provides specialist regulatory services to the life sciences and pharmaceutical/medical device industries has become the latest company in Scotland to be employee-owned ...

THE CREW of the Aith lifeboat has been awarded special recognition for its efforts during a rescue operation in autumn of 2021 that lasted over 20 hours at sea. The lifeboat was called out early on ...

SHETLAND’s transport partnership is looking to gather data around capacity on the NorthLink ferries in the aim of “quantifying” the long-running issue. ZetTrans chief officer Michael Craigie told a ...

A NEW environmental report produced for the Viking Energy wind farm development highlights that conditions in the Burn of Lunklet remain “very poor”, according to data. It adds that invertebrate fauna ...

A STERN reminder was made in court this week that racism will not be tolerated in Shetland after a teenager was fined for shouting an abusive remark out a car window. The man, who cannot be named for ...

THE DIRECTORS of Lerwick restaurant, bar and venue The String have announced that they will cease trading in the coming weeks. Directors Akshay Borges, Neil and Kelly Riddell said they were ...