SSEN Transmission has held talks with Shetland Islands Council (SIC) about building homes for its workers – which could then ...

LOCAL writer and singer/songwriter Malachy Tallack’s latest novel – set in Shetland – is due to be published later this week.

NORTHLINK has said the safety and wellbeing of its passengers is its “first priority” after a passenger was injured just an ...

THE SOUTH Mainland Jarl’s Squad are set to take over Stromness in Orkney at the weekend.  Leigh Smith will lead his squad ...

THE CHAIR of the Shetland Tourism Association has raised the idea of a privately operated ferry service to alleviate capacity ...

IT’S been a warm weekend of music and dancing all over Shetland, despite the weather, thanks to the 35th Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival. The events saw country halls full of merriment across ...

ROYAL Mail says a lack of postal workers in Shetland and an increase in online buying has led some to some people waiting ...

SHETLAND Islands Council (SIC) is currently sitting on nearly £50 million of debt in the shape of borrowing, according to new figures. It comes as part of a wider look at debt across all UK local ...

MORE than 200 local projects from across the isles have benefitted from grants through the Shetland Community Benefit Fund’s ...

NORTHERN Isles MP Alistair Carmichael has secured a commitment to meet with the UK Government’s maritime minister about preventing dangerous behaviour by foreign fishing vessels in the country’s ...

THE VIKING wind farm, which continues to divide opinion in the local community, has been shortlisted in a number of ...

SHETLAND’S rugby players enjoyed a fine weekend at home, with both the men’s and women’s sides romping to comprehensive victories. The Valkyries thrashed Inverness Craig Dunain women 84-0 in the early ...