THE REBUILD of the Fair Isle Bird Observatory is to benefit from UK Government funding worth £550,000. The money is coming from the government’s Community Ownership Fund. It is the second time in a ...

THE BRAINS behind a hugely popular roadside cake fridge near Aith is looking to expand her honesty box into a fully-fledged tearoom. Lynn Johnson of Hayfield Croft Produce has lodged an application ...

SHETLAND’s first whisky distillery is due to open this year, it has been confirmed. A date for Lerwick Distillery’s opening will be announced in due course. It comes after the team is said to have ...

WELCOME to Shetland News’ live coverage of the Orkney and Shetland general election count here in Kirkwall. Our reporter Chris Cope has taken the trip to Orkney to bring you updates through the night ...

A MILESTONE has been reached for new housing at Staney Hill in Lerwick after plans were submitted for over 120 homes. Planning permission is being sought for 124 new houses/flats, as well as a spine ...

A SHETLAND elected member has been cleared of breaching the councillors’ code of conduct after an investigation. The complaint against Shetland Central member Ian Scott centred on a letter he ...

It’s his toughest case yet, Zezi’s life hangs in the balance and he might be falling in love. Is it all getting too much for DI Jimmy Perez? Jordan Ogg has his say on the series five finale of ...

THE HISTORIC Pilot Us fishing boat is set to be taken indoors – with hopes to carry out a 3D scan and full survey of the vessel. A public meeting was held at the Shetland Museum on Monday evening to ...

SHETLAND Charitable Trust (SCT) has welcomed four new trustees. The new intake brings extensive experience of finance and project management to the trusts, which has funds worth more than £400 million ...

A HUGE fundraising auction is set to take place next month to raise money for the Viking Genes research project. More than 140 lots have been pledged so far, with the items set to go under the virtual ...

A VOE resident says it is now “exceptionally dangerous” to walk from his house towards the village shop after replacements to crash barriers on the main road left little space for pedestrians.

A WELL established local fish monger is set to stop trading by the end of the month, but its Lerwick shop will be kept open and taken over by processing company QA Fish. The owners of Blydoit Fish Ltd ...