KING HARALD Street in Lerwick has been described as “incredibly dangerous” for young children to cross. That view has come ...

LERWICK Community Council is to object to plans to build a 132kV substation to connect to the proposed eight-turbine Mossy ...

A SHETLAND charity has donated £15,000 to buy 15 specialist mattresses for NHS Shetland patients. Cancer Shetland, which was ...

A DECISION is expected to be made in the coming months on whether to potentially ‘unmothball’ the Papa Stour primary school after two families moved to the island this year. Shetland Islands Council’s ...

THE UK Government is to invest £10 million into SaxaVord Spaceport to help accelerate its capital works programme. The announcement was made by Jeremy Hunt, the UK chancellor, during his budget ...

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 ...

SULLOM Voe Terminal could became a base for the production of synthetic fuels that could help decarbonise the local economy. On Wednesday, terminal operator EnQuest gave an update on its plans to ...

A YELL man with more than 40 years of volunteering is one of five people recognised in the New Year’s Honours list for ...

THE MASSIVE growth in offshore wind developments and the resetting of relationships with the EU could threaten the ...

A TREE thought to be more than 100 years old has been cut down in Yell by power company SSEN without the landowners’ knowledge or permission. Landowner Rowland Morewood described the incident, at ...

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 ...

SHETLAND actor Alison O’Donnell has offered some more hints about the upcoming ninth series of the BBC crime drama – saying it is quite personal for her character. O’Donnell – who plays Tosh in the ...