A significant portion of the Shetland Islands is now available for purchase. Located about 110 miles from mainland Scotland, floating in the North Sea between the Faroe Islands and Norway, is the ...

The Shetland Islands are best known for their ponies, wool and stunning vistas. But the windswept archipelago has also become a hotbed of discontent, and there’s a movement afoot to break away from ...

There’s a moment in the latest season of the BBC crime drama “Shetland” when the camera pans slowly over the cliffs of Eshaness in the north of the island of Mainland, Shetland. Volcanic cliffs drop ...

Anne Doull is busy in winter. Together with her parents Margaret and Addie, she owns 650 sheep in the north-west of Mainland, ...

Shetland Season 10 Episode 5 is set to premiere on December 3 on BBC One. The popular crime drama continues its compelling murder mystery as detectives Ruth Calder and Alison McInstosh investigate an ...

Three global contractors have been appointed to assess the feasibility of constructing fixed-link subsea tunnels in Shetland, ...

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The UK's first vertical launch spaceport has been granted a licence to operate on the Shetland Islands. SaxaVord Spaceport, which is on the island of Unst will be the site of launches from next year ...

Windstar Cruises is out with an unusual new itinerary that focuses on some of the most remote North Atlantic islands. Dubbed Secrets of the Faroe, Shetland & Orkney Islands, the seven-night trip ...

Shetland is an archipelago of a hundred or so islands in the North Sea, featuring ancient hills, valleys and lochs. The string of islands is known for its remote beauty: it's a 12-hour ferry ride to ...

A remote set of UK islands were cut off from all communication Thursday, police said. A communications company said there was a "break" in a vital undersea cable. It was the second such break in the ...