The Latest Breaking News from Shetland

A ROCKET engine has exploded during a launch test at a spaceport in Shetland...

Rocket Factory Augsburg says ‘anomaly’ led to ‘the loss of the stage’, adding that there were no injuries

‘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…