The Latest Breaking News from Shetland

The ships followed a route used for covert missions during the Second World War.

Astrid Larsen’s father, Leif Anders ‘Shetlands’ Larsen, was one of the most famous seafarers involved in the ‘Shetland Bus’ escape route.

Sightings of mosquitoes were sent to the Mosquito Scotland team every month in 2024.

SHETLAND'S only weekly newspaper is being put up for sale with fears it may face closure

A PEACETIME convoy of former World War II vessels will cross the North Sea from Norway to Shetland to celebrate the unsung heroes from the war ...

Fishing boats and a merchant ship were used to smuggle special forces soldiers and secret agents from Shetland to Nazi-occupied Norway.

A TEENAGER has died, and another has been taken to hospital after a jet ski crashed into a pier in Shetland ...

The people of Shetland, a group of islands north of Scotland, are welcoming the arrival of spring in dramatic style – by burning viking longships. Up Helly Aa was first celebrated in 1881 and is unique to these islands. But it's a tradition that is evolving, with a woman at…

An otter was caught on camera causing chaos in the kitchen of a surprised Shetland family ...

POLICE have launched an investigation after rubbish was dumped and historic stones were removed from an iron age fort in Shetland.

Geneticist who discovered hotspots of illnesses in Scottish islands calls for redirection of community benefit funds