Huge project by Norwegian-owned Scottish Sea Farms gets go-ahead amid concerns over the environmental cost of fish farming and threat to traditional way of life
At Collafirth, north Shetland, Sydney J…
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Up Helly Aa: Hundreds of torchbearers gather on Scottish island for Viking fire festival ⊕
The Up Helly Aa festival, Europe's largest fire festival, is held on the last Tuesday in January in Shetland.
World-famous fire festival sparks to life: 'Vikings' take to the streets for Shetland's Up Helly Aa ⊕
'Vikings' took to the streets in Shetland to celebrate the world-famous Up Helly Aa fire festival.
Famous Up Helly Aa festival sets Shetland's skies ablaze ⊕
During the event local "guizers" throw their torches at a replica of a Viking long ship until it is consumed by flames.
56 days ago
‘The answer is dig a hole’: why Scotland’s islanders want tunnels instead of ferries ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
From Shetland to the Western Isles, campaigners argue ageing ferries are driving depopulation – and undersea tunnels are the only 21st-century solution
For Alec Priest, an instrument technician at Sul…
65 days ago
Inside Scotland's most isolated island where Christmas is in January - and the bizarre reason why ○
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Foula, a Scottish island located 20 miles west of Shetland, celebrates Christmas in January due to following the old Julian calendar, used by much of the world until its replacement in 1752.
77 days ago
Hightailing along high streets and raiding ponds: otters’ revival in Britain ⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Still rare only 20 years ago, the charismatic animals are in almost every UK river and a conservation success story
On a quiet Friday evening, an otter and a fox trot through Lincoln city centre. The …
3 months ago
The size of a spaniel: tiny pony becomes the mane attraction at a rescue centre ⊕⊕
Believed to be the smallest Shetland pony ever born at a UK rescue farm, Pam is charming everyone with her playful energy and tiny frame.
4 months ago
Killer who murdered girlfriend by stabbing her in hot tub at least 26 times is jailed for life ⊖⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Aren Pearson, 41, carried out the frenzied attack on Claire Leveque, 24, while drunk at his mother's home in Shetland, Scotland.
‘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
Fifty years ago, I headed north for the fir…