JAPANESE-style horizontal sleeping pods are being considered for two new proposed freight vessels, Transport Scotland has ...

SHETLAND Folk Festival says it has secured its largest ever private donation ahead of its upcoming 43rd event. It said it has ...

THERE are hopes for an employment boost in Northmavine with the reopening of the Ronas Voe fish factory. The factory ...

Shetland’s director of health and social care says she “couldn’t honestly say that staff are not under pressure” at NHS Shetland. Jo Robinson ...

A MAN from Lerwick has admitted driving while nearly six times the alcohol limit. Murray Mannall, of Gremmasgaet, pleaded ...

TWO people tried to flee a crime scene by using a fake name at an airport and hiding in a car boot at a ferry terminal, a ...

TWO people from Lerwick have appeared court in relation to what has been described as a “fairly large” heroin trafficking enterprise. Lerwick Sheriff ...

External transport forum chair councillor Moraig Lyall said she is keen to see progression towards construction ‘as soon as ...

THE LOCAL tourism sector is being invited to attend an in-person workshop about exploring the feasibility of a visitor levy ...

THE first candidate has declared their intention to stand for the Scottish parliamentary elections in May 2026. Hannah Mary ...

LOCAL contractor RG Construction has been appointed to lead the renovation of the Brae Youth and Community Centre into a ...

FUTURE community benefit payments from large renewable energy projects could give local authorities the funding to make ...