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A SCOTLAND-wide energy group has suggested that community benefit payments from onshore wind should increase by nearly 50 per ...

A COVER of a classic Christmas song which includes guest singing from more than 40 people has been released just in time for the big day. Local musician ...

PLANS have been lodged to modify and refurbish the Brough kirk in Whalsay after the building was taken on by the community. A ...

THE BURN of Lunklet may no longer be “significantly acidified”, with “signs of improvement” noticeable. However the burn – ...

STAFF at Cooke Aquaculture have helped raise more than £4,500 to go to care home residents at three isles homes. A Christmas ...

MORE than half-a-million pounds of drugs have been recovered by police in Shetland this year. Chief inspector Chris Sewell, ...

A UNIVERSITY student who grew up in Shetland has been selected as the Scottish Conservatives’ candidate for the Northern Isles in the upcoming general election. Shane Painter, who is finishing a ...

THE Shetland pelagic fleet is set for further expansion with the arrival of three replacement pelagic trawlers this year. First in line is the Adenia (LK 193) being built at the Astilleros Zamakona ...

ANOTHER demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians was held outside Lerwick Town Hall this afternoon (Saturday) calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict. The gathering, which is now ...

DELTING Community Council has shown concern over a proposal to extend the temporary planning permission of the Sella Ness ...

THE CHAIR of the Shetland Tourism Association has raised the idea of a privately operated ferry service to alleviate capacity issues on the NorthLink boats. Amanda Hawick said it was time to “think ...