The next few months are likely to provide the best chances this decade to see the aurora borealis at its most spectacular, ...

A significant portion of the Shetland Islands is now available for purchase. Located about 110 miles from mainland Scotland, floating in the North Sea between the Faroe Islands and Norway, is the ...

Icelandair has listed the best places in the UK to spot the Northern Lights, as the cycle of the sun begins to move away from the solar maximum, meaning fewer chances to spot the aurora borealis ...

About three hundred years ago a rural farming community in the Shetland Islands, Britain’s northernmost group of islands, was overwhelmed by windblown sand. The environmental catastrophe was probably ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The owner of a tiny island in off Scotland declared its independence from the United Kingdom on Saturday, saying he wanted the territory, population one, to be a crown dependency ...

The best-selling author behind TV series Shetland has said there could be more books featuring the exploits of DI Jimmy Perez ...

Shetland Islands Council is inviting the public to comment on proposals relating to the three conservation areas in the ...

Tourists visiting the Shetland Islands will not have to pay a visitor levy on their trips up to the Scottish archipelago after local authorities decided against the idea. Councils in Scotland are ...

A former RAF base on the remote Shetland island of Unst has become Western Europe's first licensed spaceport capable of launching rockets vertically. The SaxaVord Spaceport, located on the ...

Homes and businesses on Shetland, which is a remote UK subarctic archipelago that resides north of the Scottish mainland, ...

Shetland Islands Council is set to express its concern to the UK Government over proposed changes to Northern Shelf cod ...

A beautiful island off the coast has been named the best spot in the UK for seeing the Northern Lights. The next few months ...