A SCOTLAND-wide energy group has suggested that community benefit payments from onshore wind should increase by nearly 50 per ...

PLANS have been lodged to modify and refurbish the Brough kirk in Whalsay after the building was taken on by the community. A ...

THE BURN of Lunklet may no longer be “significantly acidified”, with “signs of improvement” noticeable. However the burn – ...

A NATIONAL ethical standards watchdog has been accused of “wholly unacceptable practices” after an independent investigation criticised how a referral against a Shetland councillor was handled.

STAFF at Cooke Aquaculture have helped raise more than £4,500 to go to care home residents at three isles homes. A Christmas ...

A UNIVERSITY student who grew up in Shetland has been selected as the Scottish Conservatives’ candidate for the Northern Isles in the upcoming general election. Shane Painter, who is finishing a ...

MORE than half-a-million pounds of drugs have been recovered by police in Shetland this year. Chief inspector Chris Sewell, ...

SCOTLAND’s minister for higher and further education says there is a “legitimate concern” around the funding challenge at UHI Shetland. However, Graeme Dey said everyone is “participating positively” ...

THE Shetland pelagic fleet is set for further expansion with the arrival of three replacement pelagic trawlers this year. First in line is the Adenia (LK 193) being built at the Astilleros Zamakona ...

ANOTHER demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians was held outside Lerwick Town Hall this afternoon (Saturday) calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict. The gathering, which is now ...

DELTING Community Council has shown concern over a proposal to extend the temporary planning permission of the Sella Ness ...

THIS WEEKEND sees the welcome return of an institution in Shetland folk music with the three-day long Peerie Xmas Spree set ...