Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

During Foster Care Fortnight, the Shetland Islands Council is highlighting the real experiences of carers and young people in Shetland, and the local need for more foster carers.

Two new locally-produced films about the Shetland Bus are coinciding with Norway’s Constitution Day at the weekend.

Katie MacFarlane, who took up the sport of archery as recently as 2024, is among the latest to receive support from the sportscotland athlete travel award scheme.

White fish box landings: 5 boats landed 635 boxes.

The cruise ship at Victoria Pier East today is the 132 metre Le Paperouse, arriving from Kirkwall and sailing for Rosyth.

As expected, the German energy firm E.On has now agreed to buy Ovo to create one of Britain’s largest energy suppliers. Ovo has remained the dominant electricity supplier in Shetland since it took over SSE in January 2020, with SSE itself formed in 1998 from the merger of Southern Electric with Scottish Hydro-Electric, which was originally the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board.

The Shetland Story Slam event is to be held in Mareel on the 19th of June. Ahead of Slam, Shetland Arts is holding two storytelling workshops, led by Liz Musser and Ruth Oliver.