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Europe's 1st commercial rocket by RFA explodes on test stand at Scotland spaceport

Rocket Factory Augsburg's first rocket was destroyed in an explosion on Aug. 19 during a static fire test at Saxavord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands.

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The northern lights appeared in southern England twice in one week - here's why this could happen again soon

People across the UK, from the Shetland Islands to Somerset and from Norfolk to Northern Ireland, have been treated to a stunning display of the aurora borealis or northern lights recently. But what causes this beautiful phenomena and why has it appeared so far south?

The Conversation

Devon shipbuilder nets £6m for UK’s first electric workboat trial

Coastal Workboats is planning to stage the demonstration in the Shetland Islands, while it is also set to move into a new factory and head office in Honiton

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How the space sector can be crucial to Shetland's future

THE deputy CEO of a major space agency operating from the Shetland Islands has said he hopes the space sector can play a role in helping form a…

The National (Scotland)

Live webcam shows Northern Lights over Scotland right now

Images of aurora borealis from the Shetland Islands are being streamed online

Daily Record

Major incident declared as thousands of UK homes to be left without power for DAYS

People living in the Shetland Islands in Scotland reported a blackout on Monday afternoon and power is expected to stay off until Thursday. A major incident was declared today

Daily Mirror

Bristol's oldest fireworks company fires from Shetland Islands to Land's End

He donated the fireworks display at Bristol Balloon Fiesta for more than 30 years

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Shetland Islands without communication after undersea cable damaged

Local MP Alistair Carmichael warns the incident could take days to resolve

Evening Standard

Son takes mum on final trip by spreading her ashes around the UK from a helicopter

Andrew Greenhalgh, from Great Baddow, Essex, visited the Shetland Islands, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Wales, the Scilly Isles, Cornwall and Jersey, scattering Marie's ashes on the way

Daily Mirror

This Treasure-Island inspiring Scottish spaceport island is already otherworldly

HAVING been to Unst in the Shetland Islands, I didn’t blink at the news that rockets will soon start blasting off from the UK’s first vertical…

The National (Scotland)

Photographer Rewarded For Picture Of Speedy, Diving Bird

Smashing through the water at 60 miles per hour, this shot of a gannet in the Shetland Islands in Scotland has scooped a British photographer the Grand Prize in an international photo competition.

Zenger

Scottish seabird snap earns £100k grand prize in global photography contest

AN image captured in Scotland of a gannet smashing through the water at 100 km per hour in the Shetland Islands has earned a British photographer…

The National (Scotland)

Hong Kong suspends UK poultry imports due to Shetland avian flu

Hong Kong has suspended the import of poultry from the UK in the latest consequence of an outbreak of avian influenza in the Shetland Islands.

The National (Scotland)

North Ayrshire has less mobile coverage than Shetland Islands, study reveals

A study has revealed that North Ayrshire has the second worst mobile coverage in the UK, ranking lower than the Shetland Islands.

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Scottish mail deliveries by drone set for take off

The first routes for the new Royal Mail service include the Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands and the Hebrides

Insider UK

Rockets set to lift off from Shetland Islands by year’s end

Shetland Islands Council has given the £43m project planning permission

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