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The Latest Breaking News from Shetland

'GREAT Britain' ad sparks fury over removing Scottish islands from its map

A GREAT Britain campaign ad has sparked fury online for cutting a part of Scotland off a map in its graphic.

The National (Scotland)

Drag queens make their way north for islands’ first-ever Pride festival

PROMINENT Scottish drag queens Lily Minogue and RuJazzle were in Central Glasgow this week to mark the start of their journey to Shetland for the…

The National (Scotland)

Women will ‘transform’ Shetland fire festival culture, campaigner says

THE long awaited inclusion of women in Shetland’s Up Helly Aa will “transform” the culture of the festival, a feminist campaigner has said.

The National (Scotland)

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Island Idyll: Buy A Private Scottish Island And 17th Century Mansion For About $2 Million

A private island off the coast of Scotland with a 17th-century mansion is on the market for a little more than $2 million – including a flock of pure bred sheep.

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Private island off Shetland with six-bed mansion and farmhouse on market for £1.75m

The Isle of Vaila, Shetland, is being sold for £1.75 million including 757 acres of land and a six-bed mansion with four front rooms.

Daily Record

Experts fear deadly new bird flu in Scotland could put some species at threat of extinction

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is intensifying in Scotland as experts warn the virus is 'new and unprecedented'

Daily Record

Shetlanders 'quoted more than £700,000 to connect to broadband', MSP says

SHETLANDERS were quoted more than £700,000 to connect just 15 properties to broadband, an MSP for the islands has said.

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Fears after bird flu outbreak kills more than 100 seabirds on Shetland Isles

The National Trust for Scotland said that the St Kilda colony is one of the most important colonies of seabirds in Europe.

Daily Record

Beloved pony found dead in bush with broken neck as heartbroken family blame local dog

Shetland and Welsh Mountain cross pony Arya is thought to have been chased to death in a "blind panic" in the Flintshire village of Penyffordd, north Wales, her heartbroken owners believe

Daily Mirror

Dozens of dead birds scattered across Shetland Isles amid bird flu outbreak

The Scottish Government has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza on the Shetland Isles.

Daily Record

Remote Shetland island offering headteacher £61,000 salary for a school with 5 pupils

Foula is one of the remotest inhabited islands in the UK

The Independent UK

‘Enthusiastic’ headteacher wanted for remote island school with four pupils

Shetland Islands Council is advertising for a head to work on the primary school on the island of Foula.

The Independent UK

Remote island school with just FOUR pupils needs new head teacher - on a £61,374 salary

Foula Primary School, which is found on a remote island 16 miles off the west of Shetland mainland, is offering to pay a new head teacher more than £15,000 per pupil

Daily Mirror

Headteacher wanted for remote Shetland island’s four-pupil school

Can-do attitude and self-discipline essential for role at primary school on Foula, inhabited by 28 people

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Marine Conservation Society reveals 'poor management' and urges buying bans on many species

The Good Fish Guide revealed that Shetland brown crab was the only non-endangered option in the UK

Daily Record

Incredible image of pod of orcas swimming through a rainbow off Shetland

The four killer whales were caught in drone photos by Gary Buchan who couldn't believe what he was witnessing.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow's Celtic Connection festival launches with spectacular Viking torch-lit march

The festival kicked off in style this evening with a torch-lit march through the streets of Glasgow as part of a celebration of Shetland 550, marking the Islands' unique music and heritage.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow city centre to witness spectacular Viking torch-lit march tonight

The march is being hosted by Celtic Connections as part of a celebration of Shetland 550 - with February marking 550 years since Shetland was annexed from Norway to Scotland.

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The Guardian - UK

Jazz, Old Norse and ‘troll tunes’: the strange, stunning music of Shetland

It’s 550 years since the islands became part of Scotland, and the archipelago is still not for the faint-hearted. But it has inspired its own diverse music, where fiddles and accordions meet the sub-bass of the sea

Daily Record

Stranded otter cub rescued on Shetland after trying to join puppy for walk

The adorable cub has been named Luna.

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