SSEN has asked the Scottish Government for the go-ahead to install underground cabling on two pieces of land on the outskirts ...

NORTHERN Isles MP Alistair Carmichael has welcomed progress by Shetland Islands Council on future transport connectivity ...

A ROCKET company is now planning to undertake its first satellite launch from the SaxaVord Spaceport in Unst in 2026 - and ...

SHETLAND Islands Council is to sell off a property near Lerwick Town Hall which has been sitting vacant since 2016.

AN ACADEMIC from the University of Glasgow will be visiting the isles over coming days as part of her research into the ...

ELECTED members in Shetland have backed a motion led by leader Emma Macdonald which called for the council to sign a pledge on respectful and compassionate politics created in honour of late MP Jo Cox ...

THE IDEA of tunnels to Yell, Unst, Bressay and Whalsay are to be taken forward by Shetland Islands Council (SIC) for further consideration. However a push by North Isles councillor Robert Thomson for ...

The group are a mix of guests and staff at the Fair Isle Bird Observatory – and artist Tommy Hyndham, busy painting mini-masterpieces he will sell the next day – who have just enjoyed a two-course ...

The team hopes that this will prove or disprove the theory that the mound really does contain a Viking boat. ORCA senior project manager Paul Clark said: “All of us at ORCA are excited to explore such ...

At this as yet unidentified site SSEN plans to build a new HVDC converter station and a new AC 400kV substation that will be able to receive more than 3GW of power from the two large offshore wind ...