The 20th Island Games being held in Orkney brings people together from the smaller isles around Britain and some distant ...

New figures showed that the average rate of vacant properties in Scotland's town centres was 12.3 per cent in 2023-24.

A TOP team of former government ministers, along with military and security chiefs, have taken part in a wargame that ...

The new discovery by geoscientists from the University of Aberdeen provides the strongest evidence yet that some of ...

Orkney is preparing to host the International Island Games for the first time – and the salmon industry is playing a major ...

Labour MP Jacob Collier cited DeSmog investigations into the strategies used by oil and gas companies to delay climate action ...

Scotland’s James III was simultaneously intent on acquiring the western islands, so an agreement was made and Shetland has been part of the Kingdom of Scotland from then on. Embed from Getty Images ...

The Government is scrambling to safeguard oil supplies at one of Britain’s biggest refineries after the collapse of the ...

The former council leader, James Stockan, even floated the idea Orkney could rejoin Norway. The islands were gifted to Scotland, along with Shetland, by King Christian I of Denmark and Norway in 1472 ...

Pollen and Air Quality forecast for Shetland Islands, GB with air quality index, pollutants, pollen count and pollution map from Weather Underground.

In the Shetland Islands -- an archipelago 300 miles to the north of Scotland -- swiping on Tinder feels much like scrolling through your Facebook feed. You'll see familiar face upon familiar face ...

“The arrival of the Liberation Convoy in Shetland will be an opportunity to acknowledge the long-standing alliance between the people of Shetland, the rest of the United Kingdom and Norway.