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 ...

All Content Copyright © 2010-2025 Shetland News Online Ltd. This site is financed entirely privately SHETLAND’s historic first RNLI lifeboat is looking for a new ...

FUNDING for police housing projects in Shetland has been halted for the time being due to wider budgetary challenges, a meeting has heard. Shetland area commander Stuart Clemenson told a meeting of ...

HUNDREDS of people were entertained at the Clickimin on Sunday night for the opening of Shetland Wool Week’s (SWW) 14 th year – kicking off the event’s packed programme. Tourists have travelled from ...

AN ACCLAIMED documentary film which highlights the remarkable bond between a Shetland man and an otter is set to be released in the UK later this month. Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story has already ...

IT ALL sounds very high-tech: five wall mounted auto-track cameras, display screens, a webcasting system and 30 microphones. Behind all the technical equipment, though, is a new home for Shetland’s 22 ...

WITH some parents lobbying for a ban of mobile phones at the Anderson High School and discussions among education officials ongoing about how best to approach the thorny issue, Shetland News wanted to ...

CONCERNS over the rate of smart meter installation in places like Shetland ahead of the shutdown of the radio teleswitch ...

PREPARATORY work on a new 300-home development in Lerwick is “on schedule and on plan” - with the contract for the first ...

THE OPERATOR of Sullom Voe Terminal has reported continued progress with the prospect of transforming the site into a ‘new energy’ hub. The company said in its half-year results, published on Tuesday, ...

HISTORY has shown us that every global pandemic has inevitably evolved into an endemic disease, writes our regular expert contributor professor Deborah Briggs. Clearly, every one of us could write our ...

SHETLAND based writer Sally Huband’s book Sea Bean: A Beachcomber’s Search for a Magical Charm has been named as the winner of the 2023 Highland Book Prize. In the book the author is searching the ...