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Full estimated cost to build undersea tunnels linking Shetland Islands revealed

THE estimated cost to develop and construct undersea tunnels between mainland Shetland and four surrounding islands would be around £1 billion, it…

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Undersea Shetland tunnel estimated to cost £402 million

AN undersea tunnel between mainland Shetland and the island of Yell would cost £402 million and take eight years to complete, it has been estimated

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Bitterly cold start to year to continue as heavy snow falls in some areas

Amber snow warnings for northern Scotland and Shetland remain in place until Saturday.

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‘The answer is dig a hole’: why Scotland’s islanders want tunnels instead of ferries

From Shetland to the Western Isles, campaigners argue ageing ferries are driving depopulation – and undersea tunnels are the only 21st-century solution

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‘It’s bigger than Hogmanay’: Shetland’s Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival

The raucous celebration of the new year and the islands’ Nordic heritage culminates in the ritual burning of a longship – and much drinking

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Game of Wool: Fair Isle knitting row reveals why culture and tradition matter

Knitters and crafters had been anticipating Channel 4’s new craft show Game of Wool for some time. Knitting, so long the poor relation of the textile crafts, was finally to take centre stage on primetime television.

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Shetland islanders accuse Tom Daley’s Game of Wool of cultural appropriation

Fair Isle practitioners say Channel 4’s knitting challenge is littered with errors about their historic craft and demand an apology

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‘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

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'Fleet-ending madness': Outrage over 'zero catch' North Sea cod quotas

SHETLAND Islands Council is to express its concern to the UK Government over proposed changes to North Sea cod quotas for next year which the local…

The National (Scotland)

Probe launched after 'sea eagles' linked to disappearance of Shetland pony foals

Farmers hope an investigation by wildlife agency NatureScot will tell them if sea eagles are behind the disappearance of five Shetland pony foals…

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Frank Strang obituary

Entrepreneur who overcame the odds to realise his vision of a spaceport in the Shetland Islands

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Nurse needed for UK’s most remote inhabited island with just 50 residents

NHS Shetland have warned that a ‘high degree of personal resilience is required’

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Natural phenomenon turns '100 miles of water' off Scottish coast jade green

AROUND 100 miles of water in the North Sea off the coast of Shetland has transformed into a jade colour, pictures from space have shown ...

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I thought I understood my late father. Then I was forced to spend lockdown in his home

My family and I went to Shetland for my dad’s funeral – and the world suddenly shut down. Overwhelmed by his presence in the house, I found my perspective on our relationship starting to shift

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Norse code: Keeping the flame at the Up Helly Aa festival

The festival takes place in Lerwick, Shetland, on the last Tuesday in January every year.

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UK grants licence to send first rocket into space from Shetland Islands

If successful, Rocket Factory Augsburg will become first company in Europe to carry out vertical launch into orbit

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The Shetland Way by Marianne Brown review – a daughter’s journey to the heart of the climate crisis

An environmental writer returns to her father’s home for his funeral in a family memoir that becomes an examination of Shetland’s crucial role in the energy landscape

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‘It’s shorthand for what we expect women to look like’: how ‘not-too-done’ hair took over screens in 2024

From the sisters in Nobody Wants to Ashley Jensen’s detective in Shetland, one hairstyle dominated ambient TV this year

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Scottish marine life at risk from discarded fishing gear

IT’S been some years since the minke whale washed up on a Shetland beach. The distressed mammal had been caught up in plastic at sea and came…

Woman & Home

Shetland season 9 ending explained: Who murdered Annie and Bergen?

We delve in the Shetland season 9 final episode to unpick everything happened, and find out who was responsible for the death of Annie and Bergen.

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Shetland and Outlander stars join BBC's first 'high-end' Gaelic drama show

THE cast of the first-ever high-end Gaelic drama series has been revealed by the BBC ...

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Shetland season 9 episode 1 recap: who is the mystery murder victim?

Shetland season 9 episode 1 sees the new season hit the ground running as two mysteries collide.

WhatToWatch

I'm a massive Shetland fan which means I can’t go out on Wednesday nights — here's why I've blocked out my diary

Shetland season 9 won't be released as a box set on BBC iPlayer.

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Shetland man’s bond with otter becomes subject of award-winning film

Documentary about Billy Mail’s connection with orphaned pup Molly airs on National Geographic next week

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Harry Potter's Ian Hart is playing a professor again, but he's very different to Professor Quirinus Quirrell, reveals star

Harry Potter legend Ian Hart on playing a cunning Professor in Shetland

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