Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

With beaches in Shetland always doing well in the 15 years of the Keep Scotland Beautiful Scotland’s Beach Awards, and retaining third in the top five best beaches in the world by Condé Nast Traveller, there is a surprise that no Shetland beach was listed in a new study using Tripadvisor data to determine the best beaches in the United Kingdom.

A holiday company with historical connections to Yell is offering to cover transport costs for its guests this summer.

A meeting of Shetland’s integration joint board heard that staffing shortages was “one of the biggest risks” of the new Lerwick walk-in NHS clinic at Grantfield. [LDRS]

The Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2025 has been published and once again Shetland produced the majority of farmed mussels in Scotland. (85%).

SSEN Transmission has said that it is extending the marine survey work to assess additional locations for the landfall the proposed Shetland high-voltage direct-current Link 2.

The University of the Highlands and Islands has awarded Andrew Jennings the title professor of island studies and Su Bryan professor of tertiary education ecosystems

There were two UHI Shetland winners as staff, students, clubs and support teams from across the University of the Highlands and Islands were recognised in the 2026 Highlands and Islands Students’ Association Awards.