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Author loses laptop containing draft of new novel in Shetland blizzard

Crime writer Ann Cleeves is appealing for help after losing a laptop containing the draft of half her next novel in a blizzard in Shetland. The novelist, whose books have been adapted into the television series Shetland, fears the computer may have ...

14 Dec 2022 at 10:54

One dead after fishing vessel capsizes off Norway

One person has died after a Scottish fishing vessel with eight people on board capsized off Norway. The Norwegian Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (NJRCC) launched a rescue operation after the alarm was raised at about 1.39pm on Sunday. Rescuers ...

07 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Viking festival Jarl Squad includes female participants for first time

The key element in a Viking festival has embraced female participants for the first time. Up Helly Aa in Lerwick, Shetland, began in the 1880s but it only allowed women and girls to join the Jarl Squad and lead the torchlight procession for the ...

30 Jan 2024 at 17:20

Scotland

Man named after fatal Christmas Day crash in Shetland

An elderly man who died on Christmas Day following a two-car collision has been named by police. Harry Johnson, 84, from Bixter, Shetland, died in hospital in Lerwick after the collision on the A971 between Bixter and Treta at around 4.10pm on ...

31 Dec 2023 at 16:58

Author’s laptop containing draft of novel found in snow

Crime writer Ann Cleeves, who lost a laptop containing the draft of her next novel in a blizzard in Shetland, said it has been found. The novelist appealed for help after losing the computer, which she feared may have fallen out of her bag as ...

16 Dec 2022 at 13:07

Scotland

Commission to set out how renewables can benefit communities across Scotland

Scotland’s Just Transition Commission will today set out key lessons from Shetland’s experience of the energy transition which it believes can help shape fairer outcomes for communities across the country. In a new report to be launched in ...

24 Sept 2024 at 09:30

Company fined after worker seriously injured in fall from roof

A repair and maintenance company has been fined over health and safety failings after a worker fell from a roof, suffering serious injuries which left his life “irrevocably changed”. Thomas Marshall suffered a severe traumatic brain ...

19 Apr 2023 at 14:48

Scotland

Human remains found inside ‘small aircraft’ located in sea off Shetland

Human remains have been found inside the wreckage of a small plane recovered from the North Sea near Shetland. The aircraft was found at about 2.20pm on Friday in waters north east of Lerwick. The plane was brought ashore on Sunday ...

09 Dec 2024 at 10:26

‘Shetland Bus’ convoy greeted with floating salute as it arrives in Lerwick

A convoy of ships that retraced a route used for secret operations during the Second World War has arrived in Shetland after sailing from Norway. The Liberation Convoy, which followed the journey made by the so-called “Shetland ...

07 May 2025 at 15:28

Liberation Convoy to recreate wartime route from Norway to UK for VE Day events

A flotilla of “Shetland Bus” vessels used for secret operations during the Second World War will cross from Norway to Scotland to remember unsung heroes ahead of VE Day commemorations. The fishing boats and merchant ship were ...

24 Apr 2025 at 19:03

Fatal accident inquiry to take place into death of fisherman who went overboard

A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the death of a fisherman who fell overboard in adverse weather. Edison Lacaste, 45, from the Philippines, went overboard from the FV Copious LK985 while the vessel was trawling in ...

26 Apr 2023 at 15:13

Women to be part of ‘jarl squad’ for first time at annual Shetland fire festival

An annual fire festival in Shetland is to have women involved in its “jarl squad” for the first time. Lerwick Up Helly Aa is held on the last Tuesday of January, and this year’s event will see men and women leading the ...

29 Jan 2024 at 21:09

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