Shetland

The High Court in Edinburgh.

Two men sentenced after being caught with heroin worth £135,000

Highlands & Islands Green Energy Conference 2024

Conference returns to explore Scotland’s green energy ambitions

The Red Arrows thunder over Buckingham Palace

VE Day commemoration in pictures: From the Red Arrows to the royals

Undated handout photo of Astrid Larsen's son Andreas Moe Larsen and her father Leif Andreas Larsen

Daughter of 'Shetland bus' sailor to embark on trip to Scotland

The RNLI responded to the incident

Teenager killed, boy in hospital after jet ski crashes into pier

A meerkat at the Five Sisters Zoo outside Edinburgh enjoying an Easter treat.

Is Easter Monday a bank holiday in Scotland?

Shetland star Douglas Henshall to star in upcoming indie film, Angh.

Shetland's Douglas Henshall lands 'pivotal role' in period film Angh

Julie Graham in This City is Ours, the BBC crime drama set in Liverpool and Marbella

Why Julie Graham loves playing a matriarch in This City is Ours

One of the ponies enjoys being the centre of attention at the care home

Care home residents welcome Shetland ponies' visit

Lorraine McIntosh and Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue. Thanks to Cafe Gandolfi, Glasgow.

Deacon Blue on celebrating 40 years and hitting the road in Edinburgh

Rain and wind are expected today

Met Office map shows where 70mph winds could hit UK

Torcuil Crichton MP has called for all islanders to be offered DNA tests

Use wind farm money for DNA tests on islanders, says Labour MP

Skara Brae on Orkney, one of the islands that contributed to the Viking Genes DNA database which has now been used to detect 50 new cases of a disease dubbed the 'Celtic Curse'

50 Scots receive letters of 'Celtic Curse' after breakthrough research

An Openreach engineer working on a broadband connection in one of the more remote areas of the country.

Openreach reveals the Scottish rural locations in line for full-fibre broadband

Up Helly Aa: 16 mesmerising images from the historic celebration

In December Orbex announced it is pausing development at Sutherland and will instead launch from the rival SaxaVord Spaceport on the northern tip of the Shetland Islands.

All systems go for rocket launch after Orbex secures £20m boost

Guizer Jarl Calum Grains leads the Jarl Squad through Lerwick on the Shetland Isles during the Up Helly Aa festival. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Up Helly Aa: Woman takes on Guizer Jarl role on island for first time

Members of the Up Helly Aa 'Jarl Squad' set fire to their galley boat during the torchlit procession through the streets of Lerwick, Shetland, in 2024. PIC: Andy Buchanan/Getty.

Up Helly Aa - roots and Viking traditions of the Shetland celebration

People walk in rain and high winds.

Watch: Storm Éowyn to hit UK this week - what is a weather bomb?

SaxaVord's spaceport in Unst on the Shetland Islands.

First Shetland space flight set for take off

The Viking Galley burns in Scalloway in the Shetland Isles with this year's two-day Scalloway Fire Festival due to get underway on Friday, January 10. PIC: Dave Donaldson

First fire festival of the long winter to light up Scottish island

Stirling

Downton Abbey composer condemns Scottish council's music tuition cut

The now open runways at Manchester Airport.

Watch: Met Office issues new snow and ice warnings

Coastguard helicopters must provide a prompt service (Picture: Chris J Ratcliffe)

Labour must scrap life-threatening cuts to Coastguard helicopters Alistair Carmichael

The yellow weather warning for snow and ice has been extended into Friday for parts of Scotland

Yellow snow alert extended as 'bitterly cold' night forecast

Family play on snow covered hill.

Watch: Weather map shows how wintry showers will affect UK tonight

Snow falls in Basingstoke.

Watch: Airports close as snow blankets roads and cars across the UK

Tractors are lined up outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, during a protest by farmers over the changes to inheritance tax

Insight: Why inheritance tax is just tip of iceberg for Scots farmers

Stock image of car being pushed out of snow.

Watch: Snow map shows when and where snow will fall tonight

Ian Sinclair, 58, from Shetland, was last heard from on Friday morning.

Body found in hunt for wild swimmer missing from Scottish island

The current school roll on Fair Isle is just two. Picture: PA

Teacher wanted for Scotland's most remote inhabited island

Dorothy Pritchard, chairwoman of the Melness Crofters Estate, close to the site of the Sutherland Spaceport where an eight year project to get the development up and running has been "paused". PIC: John Devlin.

Highland community 'blindsided' at spaceport's 'betrayal of trust'

Island communities like Kirkwall have been poorly served by the SNP government in Edinburgh (Picture: Adrian Dennis)

We should be cynical about SNP suddenly listening to rural Scotland Alistair Carmichael

Actor Sam Heughan. Picture: Robbie McFadzean

Outlander star Sam Heughan reveals backing for youth theatre company

Strong winds are expected to hit the UK.

Watch: Met Office issues yellow weather warnings for wind and rain

Donna Marie Woodhouse had an incredibly close encounter with a pod of orcas.

Watch: Woman films surreal up-close encounter with majestic orca pod

A jogger makes their way through fog on a frosty morning.

Watch: 'Wonky weather' as temperatures drop to -7C and warnings issued

Part of the Shetland Islands. Picture: Getty Images

Inside the push to screen islanders for rare disease-causing variants

Mark Boyd of the Scottish Surfing Federation, carrying out some pre-contest research at Lost Shore

Lost Shore to host Scotland’s first wave pool surf contest

Flapper skate attacks Paul Hutchison's boat.

Watch: Rare fish rams and punctures fisherman’s boat off Shetland

A gannet in flight near Hermaness, the most northerly point of the island of Unst

Why Scotland is a great place to be a gannet, the ultimate seabird Jon Dunn

Orcas swimming off the coast of Shetland

I went looking for Scotland's orcas and found a lesson about nature
In the second article in The Scotsman’s series, Scotland’s Wonderful Wildlife, Dr Helen Scales describes her attempts to see orcas and explains how she realised...
Dr Helen Scales

Images of this winter's first snow in Scotland as temperatures plunge

The assembled winners from Scotland's Health Awards 2024. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Scotland's Health Awards 2024: The winners in full

A petition launched to urge Rachel Reeves to U-turn on farming tax changes has reached almost 100,000 signatures

Why the UK Budget delivers ‘further harm’ to farming communities

Billy and Molly visit on the shore. (credit: National Geographic/Charlie Hamilton James)

The couple who opened their hearts and home to an orphaned otter

In a turbulent year in the arts in Scotland, marked by protests over funding cuts and an imminent review of Creative Scotland by the Scottish government, #EvenHereEvenNow will platform artists who are often marginalised in a debate dominated by voices from the central belt.

Campaign written in seaweed, wool and stone to support island artists

Alison O'Donnell, who stars as Alison 'Tosh' McIntosh in Shetland, on the red carpet at the Bafta Scotland award ceremony, 2023. Pic: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

How 12 years as Tosh on BBC’s Shetland has shaped Alison O’Donnell

Ashley Jensen in the new series of Shetland.

Ashley Jensen's fingers 'stopped working' during filming of Shetland

Ashley Jensen and Alison O’Donnell are reunited in the new series of Shetland. Picture: Jamie Simpson

First look at new BBC Shetland series as murder mystery revealed

That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review

The Arctic Circle Assembly was held in Iceland.

Explainer Why Scottish MSPs were in Iceland this week

The Faroes' tunnels were funded by loans which, one by one, are being paid off by tolls

Why inter-island tunnels are key test that SNP simply cannot fail Alistair Carmichael

The Out Stack, the most northerly point of Scotland and the British Isles, which sits off the island of Unst in Shetland.

Scotland’s most northerly island just 380 miles from the Arctic Circle

Inside a Faroe Islands tunnel

Exclusive Scottish island subsea tunnels 'not fantasy' as £700k study agreed

Part of the Shetland Islands. Picture: Getty Images

We must embrace 'self confidence' and build Shetland subsea tunnels Andy Sloan

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries