COUNCILLORS on the planning committee will be recommended to give the green light to a contentious substation on the ...

EARLY estimates have suggested that Shetland Islands Council could receive £400,000 from SSE Renewables for road repairs ...

KITTIWAKE, arctic skua and arctic tern (tirricks) have shown “particularly drastic population crashes” in Shetland, a nature ...

LINDA Gray should be daunted. She has a to-do list that could unfurl and wind its way around the near two acre site at Lea ...

A FLOTILLA of five historic vessels will arrive in Shetland early next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World ...

TRANSPORT Scotland is gauging interest from companies who may be interested in bidding for the contract to run the Northern Isles ferry service. The ...

THE BRAE Hotel is once again on the market, this time for an asking price of above £650,000. Sold by Dundee-based Graham & Sibbald estate agents, Brae Hotel is described as a “fantastic opportunity to ...

ENERGY company Octopus are to send engineers to Shetland later this month to supercharge a switchover from radio teleswitch (RTS) to smart meters. Thousands of meters in Shetland and Orkney rely on ...

A LERWICK bike library for some primary and secondary school age children is one of a number of active travel projects being proposed. Shared bike and walking paths in Aith, Swinister, from Lower Voe ...

WHAT was promoted as the UK’s “most productive onshore wind farm” is turning out to be one of the country’s most poorly performing. Rather than producing electricity at a load factor of around 50 per ...