Participants dressed as Vikings prepare to participate in the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, on January 28, 2014. Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the… Getty Images ...

A multi-million pound expansion of Lerwick Harbour was officially opened this week as part of a long-term strategy to attract investment to Shetland and consolidate its role as a hub for the fishing ...

LERWICK, Scotland — Shetlanders are fond of saying that their nearest train station is the Norwegian city of Bergen, such is the islands’ distance from the British mainland. Perched on a rocky outcrop ...

LERWICK, Scotland — On a map, it's the United Kingdom's northernmost outpost. Yet if residents in the pastoral Shetland Islands join Scotland's 5.2 million other inhabitants a month from now and vote ...

AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) (NYSE: BW) announced today that its B&W Renewable segment has been awarded a contract to provide upgrades to Shetland Islands Council’s energy ...

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Cops said enquiries into the tragic find are still ongoing HUMAN remains have been discovered in the wreckage of a plane crash off the coast of Scotland. Police Scotland tonight said the remains were ...

MS Island Sky will be the first cruise ship to visit Scotland since the pandemic The first cruise ship to visit Scotland since the Covid pandemic is set to arrive in Lerwick Harbour next week. It ...

History The Mercer brothers are all born and bred in Shetland. After working together for 20 years in their family business providing gas services to the Shetland Isles, they were looking for a new ...

Scotland is battling a significant litter issue, reportedly worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic. Urban areas have been hit hardest, with Dundee and Glasgow topping the list of Scotland's most littered ...

Lerwick in the Shetland Islands has been named among the UK's most relaxing towns just don't expect endless sunshine. A pretty little town on an island off Scotland has been named one of Britain’s ...

A fisherman has revealed the shocking moment he and his crew discovered the wreckage of a missing German plane more than 12 months after it disappeared. Benarkle II skipper, Mark Addison, hauled in a ...