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A person leans on a sign at SaxaVord UK Spaceport, which announces it as Europe's first licensed vertical launch facility, opened on May 29, 2024.

Spaceport founder Frank Strang dies aged 67

13 August 2025

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Yoghurt pots and butter tubs added to council’s plastic recycling collection

13 August 2025

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Highland communities push for greater planning democracy

Second Highlands Community Council convention meets in Inverness
Shetland News publishes this article as part of its PowerShift project, a partnership with nine other local media outlets

13 August 2025

Cunningsburgh Show pulls in crowds

13 August 2025

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Uniform jacket owned by Shetland Bus hero donated to Scalloway Museum

13 August 2025

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Scatsta hydrogen project unlikely to happen

13 August 2025

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Democratic rights under attack

13 August 2025

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A small beige bakery building with a sign reading "WAS BAKERY" and a black car parked in front on a sunny day.

Planning round-up 13 August

13 August 2025

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Bressay Lighthouse up for sale

12 August 2025

Tunnels move up the agenda but no solution in sight

Tunnels more than just economic infrastructure
‘Unrealistic’ to expect the Scottish Government to fund tunnels
More ‘Tunnel Vision’ events next week

12 August 2025

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Two swimmers in a pool compete in a breaststroke race, both wearing swim caps with a blue and white flag design.

Council motion shows support for isles hosting Island Games in future

12 August 2025

Scottish Water completes complex water transfer to Skerries

12 August 2025

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Faulty drainage system behind the Tesco milk spill

11 August 2025

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Swinney to return to the isles on two-day visit

First minister to be main guest at a public event hosted by SNP parliamentary candidate Hannah Mary Goodlad

11 August 2025

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Exhibition showcasing lives of rural GPs on display in Hillswick

11 August 2025

Historic shipwreck gets extra protection

11 August 2025

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Book the Big Kirk for a sermon

11 August 2025

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Help bring ADHD support to every Shetland school

Fundraiser launched to put essential ADHD book into every school in Shetland

11 August 2025

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A just transition for developers, investors and landowners

11 August 2025

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Peat and Diesel begin two-night run at Mareel

9 August 2025

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Power cut knocks out Tesco’s fridges and freezers

9 August 2025

Linkspan works, ADHD event, Spiggie open day

9 August 2025

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Tough luck?

9 August 2025

A ‘fair share’? Differing views on Scatsta community benefit agreement

8 August 2025

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Politicians ready to ‘turn up the heat’ on Royal Mail

The company says recruitment and retention remain challenging due to limited affordable housing and low unemployment

8 August 2025

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Recruitment ‘one of our biggest challenges’, SIC leader says

8 August 2025

Windy weather cancels Walls show

8 August 2025

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Leadership or follow sheep?

8 August 2025

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Oot da Nort Mooth

8 August 2025

A man in a blue suit jacket and light blue shirt smiles outdoors near a harbor with boats, a red building, and cloudy sky in the background.

Bairnly afftak/Childish sarcasm

8 August 2025

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Restored Shetland Bus slipway provides link to the past

7 August 2025

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Wind turbines on a hill overlooking a rural landscape with scattered houses and green fields under a cloudy sky.

Charitable trust could earn as much as £2 million from Viking investment, SSE confirms

7 August 2025

Firefighters to scale ‘Ben Nevis’ in support of brain tumour charity

7 August 2025

A statue with a clock on it in front of a building.

Proposal to give Diana memorial fountain listed status

7 August 2025

Rowing, tanker leaving, artist residency, STEM scholarship and more…

7 August 2025

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Internet disruption comes to an end after cable repair

7 August 2025

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A calm lake reflecting the cloudy sky, surrounded by a barren, rocky landscape with sparse vegetation and distant hills.

Scatsta hydrogen lease and community benefit details revealed

The council will receive just over £1m in rent annually, and the project will pay out around £2m a year in community benefit

6 August 2025

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Lerwick post office ‘stranded’ with no internet and poor 4G signal

6 August 2025

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Bronze plaque with the text "sheriff court" beneath a relief of a coat of arms flanked by two heraldic beasts.

Court round-up 6 August 2025

6 August 2025

A stone civic building with a pointed roof, labeled "SOUTH RONALDSAY TOWN HALL," featuring chimneys, multiple windows, and a flagpole nearby, situated in a coastal town.

Drug driving leads to fine and disqualification

6 August 2025

Lerwick Sheriff Court.

Drink driver struggled with police officers

6 August 2025

Inshore areas recognised for flapper skate and thornback rays

6 August 2025

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A sculpture of a boat sits on a bed of rocks with Norwegian and Scottish flags in the background under a clear blue sky.

Restored slipway at heart of Shetland Bus events

5 August 2025

Vacancy opens for one of the UK’s most remote nursing jobs

5 August 2025

Two youths traced in connection to Clickimin vandalism

5 August 2025

A person in an orange sweater is writing with a pen on paper at a desk in a classroom. Another person is blurred in the background.

Most pass rates above average as pupils receive exam results

There is also a record number of young people completing vocational partnership courses

5 August 2025

CAA issues first launch licence for UK space company

5 August 2025

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Postal exam results could be delayed by Storm Floris

4 August 2025

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