COUNCILLORS on the planning committee will be recommended to give the green light to a contentious substation on the ...

KITTIWAKE, arctic skua and arctic tern (tirricks) have shown “particularly drastic population crashes” in Shetland, a nature ...

LINDA Gray should be daunted. She has a to-do list that could unfurl and wind its way around the near two acre site at Lea ...

SHETLAND’s historic first RNLI lifeboat is looking for a new home – and its owner is keen to see if anyone in the isles would be interested in taking her on. The Lady Jane and Martha Ryland was ...

THE SCOTTISH Government has again confirmed that it will not progress with the hugely controversial proposal to implement highly protected marine areas (HPMAs) across 10 per cent of Scottish waters.

A LERWICK bike library for some primary and secondary school age children is one of a number of active travel projects being ...

BRAE High School is taking a starring role in a programme giving young people the chance to learn about filmmaking. Brae is one of five secondary schools in Scotland taking part in the curriculum ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have spent the last week excavating one of Shetland’s most challenging sites at the Kame of Isbister near North Roe. The Kame is a rocky headland 38 metres high only accessible by ropes ...

THE DEVELOPER behind plans for a consented wind farm in Yell is proposing to increase the height of the turbines to boost the amount of electricity it could generate. Peel Energy has begun the formal ...

A FLOTILLA of five historic vessels will arrive in Shetland early next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World ...

Increasing the speed of building new affordable homes across Shetland will be a difficult task according to the chief executive of Hjaltland Housing Association (HHA). Bryan Leask was speaking after ...

THE FIRST craft beer shop in Shetland opened its doors to the public in Lerwick on Saturday. Beervana, located in the former North Rock Gallery premises at 133 Commercial Street, enjoyed its first ...