A PROPOSED £10 million funding boost from the Scottish Government for inter-island connectivity looks likely to be used to improve the resilience of Shetland Islands Council’s ferry fleet. North Isles ...

Changes to Whalsay’s ferry timetable sparked controversy this week – causing a council U-turn on some of its sailings. Whalsay’s ferry service will operate ...

THE SCOTTISH Government will look “much more closely” at the Gilbert Bain Hospital replacement project following budget ...

The spaceport at the northernmost tip of the UK will be ready for satellite launches by July, MPs have been told. A number of companies plan to use SaxaVord Spaceport, on Unst in the Shetland Islands, ...

George Robesten spoke to The Shetland ... spare ferry, so we would consider the options at the time, depending on the nature of any breakdown, and the duration of any possible disruption,” it added.

I’m starting to write this article on the day the Chinese New Year begins. That date of this celebration varies of course, because the Chinese calendar follows the lunar cycle, ...

I’ve landed on more than 100 Scottish islands. Sometimes I find communities struggling against myriad challenges ...

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An incredible line-up of contemporary artists perform with the BBC SSO for Burns Night. A musical tour including some songs and tunes from Shetland and further afield.

The most petty and ill-informed football show on radio.

Hank Lebioda earned his first Korn Ferry Tour title Wednesday at The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island, outlasting S.H. Kim with a birdie on the first playoff hole at The Ocean ...

More than 300 people were estimated to have been killed and approximately 24,000 homes damaged in one of Britain's most ...