FIRST Minister John Swinney is set to arrive in Shetland on Sunday for a packed programme of engagements on Monday including attending a meeting of the Convention of the Highlands and Islands, to be ...

POTENTIAL wind turbines located in the sea to the east of Shetland remains on the table after it was included in the Scottish Government’s final marine plan for offshore wind. The plan was published ...

PEOPLE are being invited to take part in the first Shetland Access Panel, which is a community initiative designed to improve accessibility. Folk with lived experience of a visible or hidden ...

WELCOME to Shetland News’ live coverage of the Orkney and Shetland general election count here in Kirkwall. Our reporter Chris Cope has taken the trip to Orkney to bring you updates through the night ...

ONLY two of Shetland’s camping böds are open this season – with a key challenge being getting people to act as custodians for the properties. Some of the böds are also out of action for maintenance.

THE BBC has announced that it has recommissioned crime drama Shetland for two new series. Filming will take place for series nine and ten in Shetland and across Scotland in 2024 and 2025. Filming on ...

FLOATING wind farms and the fishing industry are “simply not able to co-exist”, a senior fishing chief has claimed. Plans for giant offshore infrastructure – which include two proposed projects off ...

A NEW bakery venture has taken up residence in a well-known building a stone’s throw away from Lerwick’s Market Cross. Zetland Bakery, which is operating from the bottom floor of the Garret building, ...

“I DON’T think we’ll get the same experience anywhere else than Shetland”. Showa Coffee House will close its doors for the final time at the end of this month, just over a year after opening. The ...

IT IS time to get “Shetland back on the map for women’s football”, new coach Carrie Morrison says. Girls and women’s football has been going from strength to strength in the isles for the last decade, ...

THE SKIPPER of a trawler which collided with its sister vessel had left the wheelhouse because he was “excited to view” a “quality catch”, according to an accident report. The Marine Accident ...