The Latest Breaking News from Shetland

ORKNEY was the local authority area that voted against independence by the biggest margin at the 2014 referendum, while Shetland produced the…

An engrossing memoir of life on Shetland; a varied set of short stories about all-American antiheroes; and how medieval tourists got their kicks

‘HA! Yes, am trying not to be annoyed about what goes viral and what doesn’t!” read the Twitter DM from another Scottish journalist, Jen Stout.

Adam Robertson spoke with Shetland-born comedian Marjolein Robertson on the 10 things that changed her life...

They hit Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where there is a statewide drag ban. Plus: unwind with a trip to the Shetland islands. Here’s what to watch this evening

FORMER Scotland international Gordon Strachan has said he will be “moving to Shetland” if England win the Euros because the celebrations of…

Historical records may prove link between climate fluctuation in Pacific and atmospheric electric field over 5,000 miles away

Built in 1913 as a naval radio station, the Shetland Isles’ Met Office at Lerwick provides the temperature reading you see on the top right-hand corner of the UK weather map. The site became part of the Met Office network in 1921 and began regular meteorological and magnetic recording, which…

A SPACEPORT in Shetland is counting down to the UK’s first ever orbital rocket launch after being declared officially open at a ribbon-cutting…

LABOUR have “given up” on winning many seats across Scotland, the SNP have said after activists were told to travel literally hundreds of…

THE First Minister was forced to call off a visit to Shetland on Friday after his plane was unable to land on the island due to fog.