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The Latest Breaking News from Shetland

Shetland’s largest Up Helly Aa lifts ban on female participants

Organisers of Viking fire festival in Lerwick had long resisted calls to drop males-only rule

The Guardian - UK

Shetland's Up Helly Aa Viking festival squads finally open to women

WOMEN will be able to take part in squads at the main Up Helly Aa fire festival in Shetland for the first time next year, organisers have announced.

The National (Scotland)

Up Helly Aa Viking festival squads open to women for first time

The event will take place in Lerwick, Shetland, in January for the first time since 2020.

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Scots teen becomes first person to complete 84-mile Hadrian Wall trek in a wheelchair

Brynn Hauxwell, 17, from Shetland, takes on 'impossible dream' raising over £11,000 for charity.

Daily Record

Shetlanders quoted £725,000 to connect to broadband, says MSP

Shetland MSP Beatrice Wishart has written to Finance Secretary Kate Forbes on the issue.

The Independent UK

First pic of young man who died after construction accident at wind farm on Shetland

Liam Macdonald, from Tain, was fatally injured after an incident at the Viking Windfarm project site - around 15 miles from Lerwick - on Sunday morning.

Daily Record

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.

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Man dies at Shetland windfarm construction site

A 23-YEAR-OLD man has died after he was injured at a windfarm construction site in Shetland.

The National (Scotland)

Man dies at Shetland wind farm construction site

The incident happened at a site where a converter is being built as part of the SSE Renewables Viking project

Insider UK

International acclaim for Shetland language primer

INTERNATIONAL praise has poured in for the world’s first bilingual primer of the grammar of the Shaetlan language.

The National (Scotland)

Shetland firm fined £80,000 after death of worker hit by forklift truck

The Crown Office said the tragedy could have been avoided had a health and safety management system been put in place

Insider UK

Scots woman killed by reversing truck sees firm fined £100k

Karen Allen was working at a fish processing company based at Blacksness Pier, Shetland, in January 2018 when she was run over.

Daily Record

Company fined £80,000 after death of worker hit by forklift truck

Karen Allan, 61, was hit by the reversing vehicle at QA Fish in Scalloway, Shetland, in January 2018 and later died.

The Independent UK

‘An unmissable spring spectacle’: readers’ favourite places to spot birds

Migrant birds like swallows and wheatears are arriving in the UK at the end of epic journeys. Our tipsters share their favourite places to see them

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The National (Scotland)

SNP and Greens hoping for gains in this independent-led council

SHETLAND is as far away from the nation’s capital as you can get in Scotland.

Glasgow Live

BBC Scotland's Home of the Year viewers say judges are 'out-of-touch' with fans

The judges took a trip to Orkney and the Shetland's on Monday night's episode of the popular BBC programme - but viewers were less than impressed with their winning choice

Daily Record

Scots farmers who sold lambs painted with Ukraine flag raise over £2k for refugees

Shetland Solidarity with Refugees had already raised in excess of £16,000 in recent weeks on the back of the Ukraine crisis.

Insider UK

Fishermen demand help with fuel costs 'so fleet can keep feeding the nation'

Plea issued as the war in Ukraine more than doubles the cost of marine diesel in comparison to last year

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The Independent UK

Fishermen: We need help with fuel costs so fleet can keep feeding the nation

The Shetland Fishermen’s Association warned that without action boats could be forced to remain tied up – impacting UK food supplies.

Daily Record

Controversial Cambo oil field granted license extension despite environmental fears

The UK and Scottish Governments are divided on the potential development of the massive Cambo oil field near Shetland.

Edinburgh Live

Scottish homes 'rattled and creaked' by 5.1 earthquake causing beds to shake

Scots were forced awake in the early hours by their homes 'rattling and creaking' after an earthquake occurred on the North East coast reaching to a magnitude of 5.1

The Independent UK

Parts of UK hit by 4.9 magnitude earthquake causing homes to shake northeast of Shetland

British Geological Survey says earthquake had a magnitude of 4.9

Daily Record

Scots homes 'rattled' by 5.1 magnitude earthquake as locals wake to 'beds shaking'

More than 70 people reported the earthquake, which took place at 5.23am today.

Wales Online

UK earthquake causes 'homes to rattle' during two-minutes of tremors

Measured 5.1 magnitude and struck shortly before dawn

Daily Mirror

UK earthquake: 5.1 magnitude tremor shakes parts of Britain causing houses to 'rattle'

It was felt in Shetland, Aberdeen, Ellon, Stonehaven, Helmsdale, Inverurie, Lairg, Huntly, Banff and Fraserburgh, according to The British Geological Survey

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