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During World War Two, whilst Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany, a group of Norwegian sailors set up a base on the Shetland Islands and began aiding their country’s resistance. Named “The Shetland ...

Councillor Sandra Reynolds looks at what Scotland might be able to learn from the Faroe Islands following a long weekend break in the ...

Councillor Sandra Reynolds looks at what Scotland might be able to learn from the Faroe Islands following a long weekend ...

President Trump’s acquisitive gaze has drifted from Greenland, at least for now. Denmark’s pipe-smoking foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, seems to have Jedi mind-tricked the Americans into ...

Crowds have gathered in Shetland for the world-famous Up Helly Aa fire festival. The annual event takes place in Lerwick on the last Tuesday of January and attracts visitors from around the globe. The ...

Welcome to our coverage of the spectacular Up Helly Aa. The annual event celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage, on the last Tuesday in January in Lerwick. The celebrations will culminate in the burning ...

Lynden Nicolson, the Guizer Jarl of the Jarl Squad, on the galley at the harbour in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles during the Up Helly Aa festival (Jane Barlow/PA) Crowds are gathering in Shetland for ...

Vikings and hundreds of torchbearers have marched through the streets of Lerwick for Europe's largest fire festival. The world-famous event lights up the skies above Shetland's capital every year on ...

Alistair Carmichael MP has highlighted the importance of food security after sharing images of empty supermarket shelves in Shetland following several days of ferry cancellations. The Liberal Democrat ...