SHETLAND Fiddle Week is preparing to return for a second year in August, with people set to travel from across the world to ...

CRIME fiction festival Shetland Noir is set to return next year. The event, last held in 2023, will be run by Shetland Arts from 11-14 June 2026 at Mareel in Lerwick. Celebrated crime author Ann ...

A PROCUREMENT process is officially underway for two new freight-flex vessels to serve the Northern Isles ferry route. The Scottish Government confirmed in Holyrood today (Wednesday) that funding has ...

YOUNG people across Shetland have broken records for a second consecutive year after racking up over 22,000 hours of volunteering between them over the last year. The Saltire Awards were held at ...

A WARRANT to arrest independence campaigner Stuart Hill has been granted after he did not make an appearance for a fines inquiry at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday. Eighty two year old Hill, of ...

SHETLAND’s MP has urged the defence secretary to ensure SaxaVord Spaceport and the surrounding communities are “fully engaged” with the UK Government following the release of its strategic defence ...

INTER-island flights will continue to and from Sumburgh Airport for another week due to the weather affecting progress on putting markings on the resurfaced Tingwall Airport runway. Work began last ...

WITH Shetland Pride 2025 returning next weekend, organisers have issued an urgent call for more volunteers to help make the annual celebration a success. The Shetland Pride Parade will kick off at ...

TWO long-serving volunteers have been rewarded for their many years of service to the community by receiving British Empire Medals today (Monday). Kathleen Stout, who is a lunch club volunteer with ...

THE VALUE of ‘bad debt’ from the last financial year being written off by Shetland Islands Council (SIC) has increased to nearly £280,000. However this was only 0.27 per cent of the £101.52 million ...

JUNIOR inter-county captain Layla Todd had the perfect warm-up for this weekend’s event after shattering another longstanding Shetland athletics record. Just a month after setting a new 5K record for ...

MORE THAN £30,000 has been raised in Shetland over the last two years towards helping to alleviate the human suffering in Gaza. Calling for peace and justice and for an immediate ceasefire to stop ...