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Shetland casts jealous eyes over booming Faroes’ tunnel vision - The Times
Shetland casts jealous eyes over booming Faroes’ tunnel vision The Times
📢 Published on 📅 15 March 2026 🕒 6:00 pm
NATURE: Restless, highly active birds, stonechats flit from perch to perch, frequently bobbing and flicking their wings and tails - Shetland Times
NATURE: Restless, highly active birds, stonechats flit from perch to perch, frequently bobbing and flicking their wings and tails Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 15 March 2026 🕒 3:55 pm
Using AI could increase council efficiency, chief executive says - Shetland News
Using AI could increase council efficiency, chief executive says Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 15 March 2026 🕒 2:00 pm
Baby Alba’s arrival makes it five generations of females for heartwarming family photo - Shetland Times
Baby Alba’s arrival makes it five generations of females for heartwarming family photo Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 15 March 2026 🕒 1:55 pm
STRAIGHT TALKING: For too long, authorities have paid lip-service to the decentralisation message, so let’s support UHI’s Scalloway campus plan - Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 15 March 2026 🕒 12:55 pm
Entertainment Applications sought for Scotland’s Home of the Year TV programme - Shetland News
Entertainment Applications sought for Scotland’s Home of the Year TV programme Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 15 March 2026 🕒 12:00 pm
Two turbines proposed amid calls for pause on new renewable developments - Shetland Times
Two turbines proposed amid calls for pause on new renewable developments Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 15 March 2026 🕒 9:28 am
Arts More than 600 children to take part in youth music festival - Shetland News
Arts More than 600 children to take part in youth music festival Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 15 March 2026 🕒 9:00 am
First electric truck is hoped to represent the beginning of a ‘cleaner, more resilient future’ for the islands - Shetland Times
First electric truck is hoped to represent the beginning of a ‘cleaner, more resilient future’ for the islands Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 15 March 2026 🕒 8:55 am
Poll shows Greens leapfrogging ahead of SNP and Reform to claim second in Shetland - Shetland Times
Poll shows Greens leapfrogging ahead of SNP and Reform to claim second in Shetland Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 15 March 2026 🕒 6:30 am
DJI Drones Catch Porpoises In The Act Off Shetland - DroneXL.co
DJI Drones Catch Porpoises In The Act Off Shetland DroneXL.co
📢 Published on 📅 14 March 2026 🕒 3:35 pm
High Level Music set to change hands to new owner at end of month - Shetland Times
High Level Music set to change hands to new owner at end of month Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 14 March 2026 🕒 3:30 pm
Emergency services Police appeal after car stolen and later traced - Shetland News
Emergency services Police appeal after car stolen and later traced Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 14 March 2026 🕒 1:33 pm
TIMES PAST: Garrison Theatre concerns; Loganair flight delay derails farmers’ campaign; Tingwall fancy dress ball - Shetland Times
TIMES PAST: Garrison Theatre concerns; Loganair flight delay derails farmers’ campaign; Tingwall fancy dress ball Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 14 March 2026 🕒 12:55 pm
Health board pledges support to colleagues suffering from invisible illness that causes severe pain in women - Shetland Times
Health board pledges support to colleagues suffering from invisible illness that causes severe pain in women Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 14 March 2026 🕒 11:55 am
LETTER: ‘Green economy means local control, local investment and local wealth kept right where it belongs’ - Shetland Times
LETTER: ‘Green economy means local control, local investment and local wealth kept right where it belongs’ Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 14 March 2026 🕒 10:55 am
South Mainland Up Helly Aa in pictures - Shetland News
South Mainland Up Helly Aa in pictures Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 14 March 2026 🕒 10:50 am
Wanted: 'Resourceful' tenants for croft on UK's remotest island - BBC
Wanted: 'Resourceful' tenants for croft on UK's remotest island BBC
📢 Published on 📅 14 March 2026 🕒 8:59 am
Marine Lecture to be held in memory of Dr Ian Napier - Shetland News
Marine Lecture to be held in memory of Dr Ian Napier Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 14 March 2026 🕒 8:00 am
Up-Helly-Aa cruise ship suffered second outbreak of norovirus on her next sailing - with hundreds reportedly taken ill despite deep clean procedures - Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 14 March 2026 🕒 7:53 am
Heating oil costs triple - sparking police warnings as politicians call for for ministers to ‘get a grip’ - Shetland Times
Heating oil costs triple - sparking police warnings as politicians call for for ministers to ‘get a grip’ Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 14 March 2026 🕒 7:01 am
Short term reprieve sees visas granted for sheep shearers - Shetland Times
Short term reprieve sees visas granted for sheep shearers Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 14 March 2026 🕒 6:30 am
Shetland man's lucky escape after drone attacks in Iraq - BBC
Shetland man's lucky escape after drone attacks in Iraq BBC
📢 Published on 📅 13 March 2026 🕒 10:56 pm
Urgent appeal to find missing Shetland pony Molly believed stolen in Cornwall - Falmouth Packet
Urgent appeal to find missing Shetland pony Molly believed stolen in Cornwall Falmouth Packet
📢 Published on 📅 13 March 2026 🕒 5:28 pm
Also in the news Also in the news 13 March 2026 - Shetland News
Also in the news Also in the news 13 March 2026 Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 13 March 2026 🕒 5:00 pm
Arts Islands arts project receives £200k funding - Shetland News
Arts Islands arts project receives £200k funding Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 13 March 2026 🕒 4:11 pm
‘Baffled bakers of Bigton’ prepare for biggest expansion yet - Shetland News
‘Baffled bakers of Bigton’ prepare for biggest expansion yet Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 13 March 2026 🕒 4:10 pm
Rare porpoise mating behaviour captured by drones off Shetland - Oceanographic Magazine
Rare porpoise mating behaviour captured by drones off Shetland Oceanographic Magazine
📢 Published on 📅 13 March 2026 🕒 3:37 pm
Health Health board signs up to endometriosis friendly employer scheme - Shetland News
Health Health board signs up to endometriosis friendly employer scheme Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 13 March 2026 🕒 11:48 am
DFDS introduces electric truck to Shetland operations - GreenFleet
DFDS introduces electric truck to Shetland operations GreenFleet
📢 Published on 📅 13 March 2026 🕒 10:08 am
Call for removal of windfall tax renewed as threat to Sullom Voe Terminal remains - Shetland Times
Call for removal of windfall tax renewed as threat to Sullom Voe Terminal remains Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 13 March 2026 🕒 5:30 am
Also in the news Also in the news 12 March 2026 - Shetland News
Also in the news Also in the news 12 March 2026 Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 12 March 2026 🕒 6:28 pm
UPDATED: Drivers urged to delay journeys as A970 could be closed until this evening - Shetland Times
UPDATED: Drivers urged to delay journeys as A970 could be closed until this evening Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 12 March 2026 🕒 5:00 pm
Rare opportunity emerges to live and work in Fair Isle - Shetland Times
Rare opportunity emerges to live and work in Fair Isle Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 12 March 2026 🕒 4:15 pm
Road reopens after Quarff crash - Shetland News
Road reopens after Quarff crash Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 12 March 2026 🕒 3:42 pm
Tax-dodging Shetland council boss resigns after Daily Record reveals directorship ban - Daily Record
Tax-dodging Shetland council boss resigns after Daily Record reveals directorship ban Daily Record
📢 Published on 📅 12 March 2026 🕒 1:44 pm
Council Coastal communities fund to reopen but with reduced grant ceiling - Shetland News
Council Coastal communities fund to reopen but with reduced grant ceiling Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 12 March 2026 🕒 10:30 am
Shetland Islands Council convener resigns after unpaid tax ruling - Press and Journal
Shetland Islands Council convener resigns after unpaid tax ruling Press and Journal
📢 Published on 📅 11 March 2026 🕒 8:30 pm
Shetland Island Council convener Andrea Manson resigns - BBC
Shetland Island Council convener Andrea Manson resigns BBC
📢 Published on 📅 11 March 2026 🕒 6:42 pm
Council Andrea Manson steps down as convener - Shetland News
Council Andrea Manson steps down as convener Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 11 March 2026 🕒 5:22 pm
Council convener resigns with immediate effect after her company’s tax affairs saw her banned as a director - Shetland Times
Council convener resigns with immediate effect after her company’s tax affairs saw her banned as a director Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 11 March 2026 🕒 5:20 pm
UPDATED: Northlink issues further disruption updates for Wednesday and Thursday sailings - Shetland Times
UPDATED: Northlink issues further disruption updates for Wednesday and Thursday sailings Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 11 March 2026 🕒 10:32 am
Manson vows to fight on as a councillor following wealth of support - Shetland Times
Manson vows to fight on as a councillor following wealth of support Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 11 March 2026 🕒 7:32 am
Council convener 'fighting on' despite ban over unpaid tax - BBC
Council convener 'fighting on' despite ban over unpaid tax BBC
📢 Published on 📅 10 March 2026 🕒 6:57 pm
Council Convener Manson vows to ‘fight on’ after call for her to quit - Shetland News
Council Convener Manson vows to ‘fight on’ after call for her to quit Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 10 March 2026 🕒 5:51 pm
Freight sailings cancelled for Wednesday night - Shetland Times
Freight sailings cancelled for Wednesday night Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 10 March 2026 🕒 1:58 pm
Shetland meets True Detective: Inside ITV’s “unmissable” new detective drama The Killings at Parrish Station - Good Housekeeping
Shetland meets True Detective: Inside ITV’s “unmissable” new detective drama The Killings at Parrish Station Good Housekeeping
📢 Published on 📅 10 March 2026 🕒 1:34 pm
Council Scott believes Manson should step down from convener role - Shetland News
Council Scott believes Manson should step down from convener role Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 10 March 2026 🕒 11:44 am
Wednesday’s southbound sailing to Aberdeen will leave earlier than scheduled - Shetland Times
Wednesday’s southbound sailing to Aberdeen will leave earlier than scheduled Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 10 March 2026 🕒 9:44 am
Ithaca submits plans for Tornado gas field west of Shetland - The Chemical Engineer
Ithaca submits plans for Tornado gas field west of Shetland The Chemical Engineer
📢 Published on 📅 9 March 2026 🕒 3:50 pm
Reform UK to announce Scottish election candidates in coming weeks - with Shetland expected to be on the list - Shetland Times
Reform UK to announce Scottish election candidates in coming weeks - with Shetland expected to be on the list Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 8 March 2026 🕒 12:55 pm
Health NHS Shetland ‘delighted’ by interest in suicide prevention group - Shetland News
Health NHS Shetland ‘delighted’ by interest in suicide prevention group Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 8 March 2026 🕒 11:13 am
Drones capture rare harbor porpoise mating behavior off Shetland - Phys.org
Drones capture rare harbor porpoise mating behavior off Shetland Phys.org
📢 Published on 📅 6 March 2026 🕒 3:03 am
Drones capture rare harbour porpoise mating behaviour off Shetland - Heriot-Watt University
Drones capture rare harbour porpoise mating behaviour off Shetland Heriot-Watt University
📢 Published on 📅 5 March 2026 🕒 8:00 am
Shetland facing £134m budget gap - Audit Scotland
Shetland facing £134m budget gap Audit Scotland
📢 Published on 📅 5 March 2026 🕒 12:00 am
Shetland Islands Council warned not to rely on its £394m reserves - BBC
Shetland Islands Council warned not to rely on its £394m reserves BBC
📢 Published on 📅 4 March 2026 🕒 8:00 am
Moray and Shetland council staff will not get World Cup holiday - BBC
Moray and Shetland council staff will not get World Cup holiday BBC
📢 Published on 📅 25 February 2026 🕒 8:00 am
Civic head of Shetland Islands Council banned as company director over unpaid taxes - GOV.UK
Civic head of Shetland Islands Council banned as company director over unpaid taxes GOV.UK
📢 Published on 📅 25 February 2026 🕒 8:00 am
Shetland convener 'embarrassed' after company director ban - BBC
Shetland convener 'embarrassed' after company director ban BBC
📢 Published on 📅 25 February 2026 🕒 8:00 am
Moray council tax up 10% and in Shetland by 7.3% - BBC
Moray council tax up 10% and in Shetland by 7.3% BBC
📢 Published on 📅 25 February 2026 🕒 8:00 am
Moray and Shetland council staff will not get World Cup holiday - BBC
Moray and Shetland council staff will not get World Cup holiday BBC
📢 Published on 📅 25 February 2026 🕒 8:00 am
‘It’s betrayal’: Shetland’s scallop fishers brace for arrival of UK’s largest salmon farm - The Guardian
‘It’s betrayal’: Shetland’s scallop fishers brace for arrival of UK’s largest salmon farm The Guardian
📢 Published on 📅 17 February 2026 🕒 8:00 am
Council tax rise of 7.3% proposed for Shetland - BBC
Council tax rise of 7.3% proposed for Shetland BBC
📢 Published on 📅 17 February 2026 🕒 8:00 am
Should Denmark take over the Shetland Islands? - Monocle
Should Denmark take over the Shetland Islands? Monocle
📢 Published on 📅 11 February 2026 🕒 8:00 am
Famous Up Helly Aa festival sets Shetland's skies ablaze - BBC
Famous Up Helly Aa festival sets Shetland's skies ablaze BBC
📢 Published on 📅 27 January 2026 🕒 8:00 am
LETTER: Shetland GP Sam Adamson says Dunrossness Primary School is not the only school in a broken system - Shetland Times
LETTER: Shetland GP Sam Adamson says Dunrossness Primary School is not the only school in a broken system Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 23 January 2026 🕒 8:00 am
Shetland communities back call for faulty gene screening - BBC
Shetland communities back call for faulty gene screening BBC
📢 Published on 📅 20 January 2026 🕒 8:00 am
‘It’s bigger than Hogmanay’: Shetland’s Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival - The Guardian
‘It’s bigger than Hogmanay’: Shetland’s Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival The Guardian
📢 Published on 📅 31 December 2025 🕒 8:00 am
Shetland future confirmed following season 10 finale – will there be a season 11? - Radio Times
Shetland future confirmed following season 10 finale – will there be a season 11? Radio Times
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 8:00 am
REVIEW: Shetland (S10 E6/6) - The Killing Times
REVIEW: Shetland (S10 E6/6) The Killing Times
📢 Published on 📅 10 December 2025 🕒 8:00 am
3 international firms appointed to assess Shetland Island tunnels test case - New Civil Engineer
3 international firms appointed to assess Shetland Island tunnels test case New Civil Engineer
📢 Published on 📅 8 December 2025 🕒 8:00 am
Three contractors appointed to assess Shetland tunnel feasibility - Construction News
Three contractors appointed to assess Shetland tunnel feasibility Construction News
📢 Published on 📅 5 December 2025 🕒 8:00 am
Letters Time to be more ambitious, more demanding and more forward-looking - Shetland News
Letters Time to be more ambitious, more demanding and more forward-looking Shetland News
📢 Published on 📅 3 December 2025 🕒 8:00 am
REVIEW: Shetland (S10 E5/6) - The Killing Times
REVIEW: Shetland (S10 E5/6) The Killing Times
📢 Published on 📅 3 December 2025 🕒 8:00 am
Rings taken in first Shetland house theft this year - BBC
Rings taken in first Shetland house theft this year BBC
📢 Published on 📅 25 November 2025 🕒 8:00 am
Rarity finders: Siberian Rubythroat in Shetland - BirdGuides
Rarity finders: Siberian Rubythroat in Shetland BirdGuides
📢 Published on 📅 21 November 2025 🕒 8:00 am
Shetland season 10 cast: Meet the new and returning characters - Radio Times
Shetland season 10 cast: Meet the new and returning characters Radio Times
📢 Published on 📅 12 November 2025 🕒 8:00 am
Why we travelled 5,000 miles to Shetland - the 'holy place' of knitting - BBC
Why we travelled 5,000 miles to Shetland - the 'holy place' of knitting BBC
📢 Published on 📅 9 November 2025 🕒 8:00 am
Shetland is back – with a bombshell - The i Paper
Shetland is back – with a bombshell The i Paper
📢 Published on 📅 5 November 2025 🕒 8:00 am
5. Lerwick (Shetland part 1) - BBC
5. Lerwick (Shetland part 1) BBC
📢 Published on 📅 4 November 2025 🕒 8:00 am
Shetland S10: Ashley Jensen’s DI Ruth Calder Faces Her Toughest Case Yet - TV Choice
Shetland S10: Ashley Jensen’s DI Ruth Calder Faces Her Toughest Case Yet TV Choice
📢 Published on 📅 29 October 2025 🕒 7:00 am
Shetland's Alison O’Donnell and Ashley Jensen share the secret to series 10 - “epic stories, darkness, intrigue, a pinch of humour and a big dollop of Scottish trustworthiness” - BBC
📢 Published on 📅 28 October 2025 🕒 7:00 am
Shetland series 10 trailer released - BBC
Shetland series 10 trailer released BBC
📢 Published on 📅 24 October 2025 🕒 7:00 am
Shetland - Trailer: Series 10 - BBC
Shetland - Trailer: Series 10 BBC
📢 Published on 📅 23 October 2025 🕒 7:00 am
SOUNDING OFF: Jonathan Wills takes aim at ‘Haywire House’ for its bureaucratic language and ‘pretentious waffle’ - Shetland Times
SOUNDING OFF: Jonathan Wills takes aim at ‘Haywire House’ for its bureaucratic language and ‘pretentious waffle’ Shetland Times
📢 Published on 📅 19 October 2025 🕒 7:00 am
Man found guilty of the murder of Claire Leveque in Shetland - Police Scotland
Man found guilty of the murder of Claire Leveque in Shetland Police Scotland
📢 Published on 📅 15 October 2025 🕒 7:00 am
University of Cumbria-led acoustic research to tune into Shetland’s rich underwater soundscape - University of Cumbria News
University of Cumbria-led acoustic research to tune into Shetland’s rich underwater soundscape University of Cumbria News
📢 Published on 📅 9 October 2025 🕒 7:00 am
Rarity finders: Siberian Thrush in Shetland - BirdGuides
Rarity finders: Siberian Thrush in Shetland BirdGuides
📢 Published on 📅 9 October 2025 🕒 7:00 am
‘It’s more than a pretty backdrop’: crime writer Ann Cleeves on the magic of Orkney in Scotland - The Guardian
‘It’s more than a pretty backdrop’: crime writer Ann Cleeves on the magic of Orkney in Scotland The Guardian
📢 Published on 📅 7 October 2025 🕒 7:00 am
Shetland internet disruption to last more than a week - BBC
Shetland internet disruption to last more than a week BBC
📢 Published on 📅 7 October 2025 🕒 7:00 am
Shetland Islands Council decides against a 'tourist tax' - BBC
Shetland Islands Council decides against a 'tourist tax' BBC
📢 Published on 📅 15 September 2025 🕒 7:00 am
Farmer claims sea eagles snatched his five Shetland pony foals - BBC
Farmer claims sea eagles snatched his five Shetland pony foals BBC
📢 Published on 📅 2 September 2025 🕒 7:00 am
Life With Julia Brown: ‘Shetland is such a beautiful place and I feel lucky to have experienced working there’ - Scottish Field
Life With Julia Brown: ‘Shetland is such a beautiful place and I feel lucky to have experienced working there’ Scottish Field
📢 Published on 📅 11 August 2025 🕒 7:00 am
Rarity finders: Greater Sand Plover in Shetland - BirdGuides
Rarity finders: Greater Sand Plover in Shetland BirdGuides
📢 Published on 📅 6 August 2025 🕒 7:00 am
Water shipped to Skerries in Shetland after a lack of rainfall - BBC
Water shipped to Skerries in Shetland after a lack of rainfall BBC
📢 Published on 📅 28 July 2025 🕒 7:00 am
Orkney and Shetland internet cable to be fixed by next weekend, say owners - BBC
Orkney and Shetland internet cable to be fixed by next weekend, say owners BBC
📢 Published on 📅 27 July 2025 🕒 7:00 am
Wildfire warning in place for East of Scotland and Shetland - Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
Wildfire warning in place for East of Scotland and Shetland Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
📢 Published on 📅 18 July 2025 🕒 7:00 am
Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA - Jncc.gov.uk
Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA Jncc.gov.uk
📢 Published on 📅 22 May 2025 🕒 7:00 am
