COULD Lerwick benefit from having a ‘local place plan’? That was a topic of discussion at a meeting of the town’s community ...

AN SNP MSP for the Highlands and Islands has renewed calls for free bus travel for people aged under 22 to be expanded to include inter-island ferries. It comes as data shows that more than 460,000 ...

There’s nowhere else that we know of that gathers all ages, and all types of accordion and fiddle music’, says festival ...

THE FUEL poverty calculation fails to take into account the “real issue” of energy generation and charging, according a ...

HAVE you ever woken from an intense dream convinced it could have been a blockbuster film or best-selling book? Rachael ...

THE CHAIR of the Shetland Tourism Association has raised the idea of a privately operated ferry service to alleviate capacity issues on the NorthLink ...

A FAMILY from the South Mainland have endured a scary start to their Florida holiday after Hurricane Milton smashed through ...

SCOTTISH first minister John Swinney says he has heard “loud and clear” on his trip to Shetland about the level of community benefit coming from the Viking Energy wind farm contrasted with the high ...

THREE Shetland projects have been given a £620,000 share of a £3 million Scottish Government funding pot for island communities. The Fair Isle Bird Observatory will receive £204,895 to complete its ...

FUNDRAISERS who raised over a million pounds to help NHS Shetland buy a state-of-the-art MRI scanner for the isles were celebrated at an event on Monday. The health board toasted the “incredible ...

A TWO year programme of underground power cabling works, which would stretch almost 27 miles through Shetland, could begin next year. SSEN Distribution is proposing to install two high voltage ...

FIRST minister John Swinney has given a commitment to ensuring the fishing industry and the offshore marine energy sector can exist together. It followed a stark warning by Elspeth Macdonald, the ...