A major milestone in the plan for subsea tunnels between the Shetland mainland and Yell and between Yell and Unst has been ...

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

However Christmas Day and New Year's Day are different. Foula is about 16 miles from the Shetland mainland and lays claim to being Britain's most remote inhabited island. It is less than five ...

Shetland is one of Scotland’s 32 unitary council areas. It is an archipelago of approximately 100 islands to the North-East of mainland Scotland. Of these, only 15 are inhabited. The largest ...

“We want a moderate-sized cow with offspring growing quickly.” Farming on the southern tip of Shetland mainland, with light sandy soils, long summer days, and bleak winters (windy, though not ...

which hail from—you guessed it—the Shetland Islands, located 120 miles north of mainland Scotland. These aren’t your average pampered sheep, either: They’re tough little survivalists ...

Alexander Dennis has handed over two new Enviro200 low-emission buses to independent operator J&DS Halcrow, based in the ...

UHI Shetland’s marine science research department is launching a new project to aid therecovery of important seagrass habitats. The “Restoring Shetland’s Marlie Meadows” project ...

The Shetland Islands are a part of Scotland. They are surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, so to get there from the Scottish mainland you need to take a plane, or a ferry.

It might be British but it's closer to Norway than to Edinburgh and it feels very different from the mainland. “The bleak landscape of Shetland is perfect for crime drama. I like the contrast ...