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Outbreak on cruise ship leaves passengers sick with gastroenteritis

The ship was due to call at Lerwick in the Shetland Islands for the Up-Helly-A festival but this was cancelled because of bad weather

The Independent UK

Frank Strang obituary

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

The Guardian - UK

Skyrora becomes 1st British company to get license to launch from the UK

Scotland-based Skyrora has received the first U.K.-issued vertical launch license for a homegrown company, enabling rocket launches from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands.

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Europe's 1st commercial rocket by RFA explodes on test stand at Scotland spaceport

Rocket Factory Augsburg's first rocket was destroyed in an explosion on Aug. 19 during a static fire test at Saxavord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands.

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Scotland’s Honesty Cake Fridge Goes Viral, Has People Listing Other Similar Fridges Around The World

A cake fridge that operates on an honesty system in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, grabs the Internet's attention, as now everybody wants one near them. The post Scotland’s Honesty Cake Fridge Goes Viral, Has People Listing Other Similar Fridges Around The World first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Husband and wife get lift off for UK’s first vertical spaceport on remote island

Up to 30 rockets will be launched every year from the former RAF base on a remote peninsula on the Shetland Islands

The Independent UK

Two maritime disasters that shook the Shetland Islands

BY a terrible grim coincidence, this week sees the anniversary of two of the worst disasters ever to happen in the Scottish fishing industry, and on…

The National (Scotland)

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Britain's most dangerous drivers - areas with highest points on licences revealed

Yorkshire has topped the list of areas in Great Britain where drivers have the most points on their licences - while perhaps understandably the Shetland Islands showed the least penalty points

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