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 ...

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 ...

A MAN who threatened a café worker and then told police he would have “smashed him” 10 years ago has been fined at Lerwick Sheriff Court. Damien Gorman, from Lerwick’s Cruester View, took issue with ...

A CONSTRUCTION firm has been fined £9,000 after one of its workers suffered significant injuries from falling through an asbestos roof. Steel Erect Shetland admitted failing to properly plan for ...

THE NEW Opportune fishing boat arrived in Scalloway at the weekend to mark something of a fresh start for the crew after a challenging 2024. Her arrival comes nearly a year after the previous ...

SUPERTRAWLERS – vessels measuring more than 100m in length – spent an average of 640 hours fishing in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) around Shetland in the last five years. An investigation from ...

SAXAVORD Spaceport could be used to launch monitoring satellites as well as commercial satellites as concerns about global geopolitical uncertainties mount. The UK and German space industries are set ...

THE LERWICK lifeboat Michael and Jane Vernon has arrived in Poole after a five day journey at sea ahead of a major refit. The Severn-class lifeboat left Lerwick last Thursday and arrived the ...

THIS YEAR could finally see a new Shetland regional marine plan being adopted by the Scottish Government – despite it being approved locally by councillors back in 2021. Acting cabinet secretary for ...