Orkney and Shetland
‘Whatever your concern about your child, we are here to help’
As mental health awareness week (12-18 May 2025) begins Scotland’s children’s charity, Children First, is ...
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Politicians sign oil and gas jobs pledge after open letter from isles businesses
Shetland’s MP and MSP have signed a pledge to protect oil and gas jobs after ...
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Questions over community benefit and turbines at first public event for Neshion Energy Park in Shetland
Ten turbines, each stretching 200m high, and a 25MW battery energy storage system are being ...
By Ryan Nicolson, Shetland News
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New fund to speed-up assessing and replacing of unsafe cladding in Scotland
Housing Minister in the Scottish Government Paul McLennan, has announced that people with concerns about ...
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Route to net zero goes through oil and gas, Labour leader hears on visit north
Sullom Voe Terminal operator EnQuest has painted a stark picture of the oil and gas ...
By Hans J Marter, Shetland News
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Norway firm exploring idea of salmon farm miles off Shetland’s east coast
A Norwegian company is exploring the idea of an “exposed” salmon farm off the east ...
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Industrial action to hit Scottish Water
Workers at publicly owned Scottish Water will be taking industrial action in a dispute over pay. In ...
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How do we reconcile change? Viking wind farm and the consequences
When Shetland embarked on that protracted Viking wind farm journey more than two decades ago, ...
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VisitScotland to close 25 of its iCentres
There seems to be a complete lack of accountability from the Scottish Government over VisitScotland’s ...
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Shetland: SSE Renewables earns £5.5m in constraint payments in just three months
But none were paid during a planned shutdown earlier in October By Ryan Nicolson, Shetland ...
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Community empowerment key to just transition
Scotland’s Just Transition Commission is set to call for the introduction of the statutory right ...
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From Orkney to Japan: Lessons on sustainable underwater development
It’s a strange moment, and not your average night in the Orkney Club. In front ...
By Eamonn Keyes, The Orkney News
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