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Shetland councillors back plans to build tunnels to link some of largest islands

Financing options to be investigated for first two subsea projects that would link Mainland with Yell and Unst

The Guardian - UK

Major plans for Shetland undersea tunnels approved by councillors

MAJOR plans to introduce a network of subsea tunnels between Shetland's islands have been approved by councillors.

The National (Scotland)

Tunnels plan to connect Shetland Islands expected to be backed by councillors

Shetland Islands Council is expected to back a proposal costing up to £1.5 billion.

Evening Standard

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Spaceport’s plan to dump rocket launch debris into Scottish seas

SCOTLAND’S first spaceport on Shetland plans to use the sea as a “dustbin” to dump tonnes of debris from rockets, The Ferret can reveal,…

The National (Scotland)

Full estimated cost to build undersea tunnels linking Shetland Islands revealed

THE estimated cost to develop and construct undersea tunnels between mainland Shetland and four surrounding islands would be around £1 billion, it…

The National (Scotland)

Undersea Shetland tunnel estimated to cost £402 million

AN undersea tunnel between mainland Shetland and the island of Yell would cost £402 million and take eight years to complete, it has been estimated

The National (Scotland)

Bitterly cold start to year to continue as heavy snow falls in some areas

Amber snow warnings for northern Scotland and Shetland remain in place until Saturday.

Evening Standard

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‘The answer is dig a hole’: why Scotland’s islanders want tunnels instead of ferries

From Shetland to the Western Isles, campaigners argue ageing ferries are driving depopulation – and undersea tunnels are the only 21st-century solution

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s bigger than Hogmanay’: Shetland’s Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival

The raucous celebration of the new year and the islands’ Nordic heritage culminates in the ritual burning of a longship – and much drinking

The Guardian - UK

Game of Wool: Fair Isle knitting row reveals why culture and tradition matter

Knitters and crafters had been anticipating Channel 4’s new craft show Game of Wool for some time. Knitting, so long the poor relation of the textile crafts, was finally to take centre stage on primetime television.

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Shetland islanders accuse Tom Daley’s Game of Wool of cultural appropriation

Fair Isle practitioners say Channel 4’s knitting challenge is littered with errors about their historic craft and demand an apology

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s more than a pretty backdrop’: crime writer Ann Cleeves on the magic of Orkney in Scotland

With her latest book, the author moves detective Jimmy Perez from Shetland to Orkney, where she was inspired by the deep history, huge skies and warm people

The Guardian - UK

'Fleet-ending madness': Outrage over 'zero catch' North Sea cod quotas

SHETLAND Islands Council is to express its concern to the UK Government over proposed changes to North Sea cod quotas for next year which the local…

The National (Scotland)

Probe launched after 'sea eagles' linked to disappearance of Shetland pony foals

Farmers hope an investigation by wildlife agency NatureScot will tell them if sea eagles are behind the disappearance of five Shetland pony foals…

The National (Scotland)

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Frank Strang obituary

Entrepreneur who overcame the odds to realise his vision of a spaceport in the Shetland Islands

The Independent UK

Nurse needed for UK’s most remote inhabited island with just 50 residents

NHS Shetland have warned that a ‘high degree of personal resilience is required’

The National (Scotland)

Natural phenomenon turns '100 miles of water' off Scottish coast jade green

AROUND 100 miles of water in the North Sea off the coast of Shetland has transformed into a jade colour, pictures from space have shown ...

The Guardian - UK

I thought I understood my late father. Then I was forced to spend lockdown in his home

My family and I went to Shetland for my dad’s funeral – and the world suddenly shut down. Overwhelmed by his presence in the house, I found my perspective on our relationship starting to shift

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Norse code: Keeping the flame at the Up Helly Aa festival

The festival takes place in Lerwick, Shetland, on the last Tuesday in January every year.

The Guardian - UK

UK grants licence to send first rocket into space from Shetland Islands

If successful, Rocket Factory Augsburg will become first company in Europe to carry out vertical launch into orbit

The Guardian - UK

The Shetland Way by Marianne Brown review – a daughter’s journey to the heart of the climate crisis

An environmental writer returns to her father’s home for his funeral in a family memoir that becomes an examination of Shetland’s crucial role in the energy landscape

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s shorthand for what we expect women to look like’: how ‘not-too-done’ hair took over screens in 2024

From the sisters in Nobody Wants to Ashley Jensen’s detective in Shetland, one hairstyle dominated ambient TV this year

The National (Scotland)

Scottish marine life at risk from discarded fishing gear

IT’S been some years since the minke whale washed up on a Shetland beach. The distressed mammal had been caught up in plastic at sea and came…

Woman & Home

Shetland season 9 ending explained: Who murdered Annie and Bergen?

We delve in the Shetland season 9 final episode to unpick everything happened, and find out who was responsible for the death of Annie and Bergen.

The National (Scotland)

Shetland and Outlander stars join BBC's first 'high-end' Gaelic drama show

THE cast of the first-ever high-end Gaelic drama series has been revealed by the BBC ...

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