19+ hour, 31+ min ago  (397+ words) A new heritage group has been established to record the vast amount of information about the significant role Shetland seafarers have played throughout history - and it has appealed for public support. The Shetland Seafarers Research Association (SSRA) was established in…...

1+ day, 4+ min ago  (563+ words) Praise was lavished upon everyone involved in the Lerwick Up-Helly-Aa after no reports of disorder were made during the festivities this year. Shetland's area commander Chris Sewell said the fire festival was a "real success. However, the Compass Centre's managing…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (285+ words) Shetland's flagship community environmental event, Da Voar Redd Up, has once again been a huge success, with volunteers taking part across the isles. The clear-up has always been reagarded as a huge volunteer-led effort, and this year's event was no…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (318+ words) Plans to bring a historic hostel back into use as affordable housing have been ramped up with the publication of two new contract notices. Sheltand Islands Council has announced it is seeking contractors to provide structural, mechanical and electrical engineering…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (679+ words) An influential report has has warned that fishing communities" trust in the UK government was as "low as the sea floor" after a number of unforced errors. The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) select committee publised its report Resetting…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (519+ words) The populations of great spotted woodpeckers which breed in northern parts of Europe are irruptive, migrating if food is scarce. During the breeding season, the great spotted woodpecker feeds on insects, but it switches to foraging mainly on fruit, seeds…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (807+ words) Community stalwarts joined councillors and campaigners at the Scalloway pool yesterday, as the fight to save the much-loved leisure centre continued unabated. Among those attending on Friday to attach brightly-coloured ribbons to the metal fence now surrounding the building was…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (925+ words) A couple of weeks ago, The Shetland Times ran a survey asking whether Shaetlan should be considered a language rather than a dialect. Some might say the question has already been settled, since in October, 2025, Shetland was given its own…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (572+ words) It's all going on in local politics at the moment. The upcoming election (please make it end) is as hotly contested as The Great British Bake Off, but it is an even bigger bun fight. We've had ill-tempered hustings events,…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (644+ words) An oil rig worker from Shetland has scaled the 450ft Old Man of Hoy in Orkney as his first ever rock climb - and is now setting his sights on even more ambitious adventures. Magnus Smith, who is from Burra but now…...