Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

SSE has announced a record of £24.9 million in community investment across UK and Ireland. Shetland and Orkney shared £2,260,000 of that.

After an objection from the Sullom Voe Harbour Authority was withdrawn, planning permission has been approved for two 4.8 Megawatt wind turbines, with 149.9 metre tip height, at the Sullom Voe Terminal.

Two companies with connections to Shetland are among the finalists for the 2026 Offshore Energies UK Awards.

The coastguard in Shetland coordinated a helicopter patient transfer, and a medical evacuation, both involving AW189 helicopters.

The Shetland Islands Council has revealed that this year’s Summer of Sport programme recorded over 5000 attendances.

The executive officer of Voluntary Action Shetland, Lynn Tulloch, has publish the annual report for 2025 to 2026.

Erik Slavin, the editor-in-chief of the US armed forces newspaper Stars and Stripes, who was fired by President Trump last week for reporting crew conditions on an American aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, has a Shetland connection.