particularly in the Highlands and Islands, provide ideal launch sites. MPs were told recently that a new spaceport called SaxaVord, on the island of Unst, Shetland will be ready for satellite launches ...

"Everyone who crewed those small boats and ships taking the route knew they were risking their lives, but the fragile link it provided between the Shetland Islands, the Orkneys and occupied Norway ...

It's 5:00 a.m. I've travelled all the way from Nashville, and now I'm making sure this portable audio recorder works, for the 8-hour drive and then 14-hour ferry ride to the Shetland Islands.

Ahead of the VE Day 80th anniversary, Astrid Larsen , the daughter of Leif Anders "Shetlands" Larsen, is travelling on a "Shetland Bus" vessel between the two countries in a Liberation Convoy ...

The scheme, on the Shetland island of Unst, uses wind power to supply storage heaters, with the rest of the energy producing hydrogen from water. The project has so far powered a small industrial ...

A dozen people in the Shetland Islands have added their support to a campaign to cancel Donald Trump's upcoming state visit to the UK.

The discovery near the largest of the South Shetland Islands is a omen of a potential invasion of the continent, the researchers suggest, particularly as climate change and increased ship traffic ...