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Bad weather halts Swinney’s trip to Shetland for £5m islands funding deal
Press Association News via AOL· 2 days agoThe First Minister has been forced to abandon the formal announcement of a £5 million funding...
Watch: Preparations for Shetland rocket launch
BBC News· 6 days agoA rocket manufacturer has successfully tested rocket engines at a space port on Shetland. German-based Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) said the start of...
Largest cruise ship to visit Lerwick enters port
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Shetland port of Lerwick has welcomed its largest ever cruise ship. Virtuosa is 332m (1,089ft) long with 18 decks, and accommodation for up to 6,334 passengers and 1,704 ...
Reform poses a threat to Tories in 28 seats
Daily Telegraph· 3 days agoAt the bottom of the list are two seats in Edinburgh, Orkney andShetland, and Brighton Pavillion – the Green Party’s only seat in Parliament. The...
UK chief hails test-firing of rockets at Scottish spaceport as ‘big moment’
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe successful test-firing of a rocket on the Shetland Islands is a “big moment” ahead of the first...
Orcas attacking ships nothing new
The Columbian· 5 days agoA pod of killer whales attacked and sunk a yacht over the weekend between Spain and Morocco in the Strait of Gibraltar — and it’s not the first time....
The Cocos Islands: a remote Indian Ocean paradise
The Week· 5 hours agoFew tropical archipelagos are quite as beautiful, remote and appealingly quirky as the Cocos Islands, said Ruaridh Nicoll in the Financial Times (FT)....
Election spells end of North Sea as Labour policies doom oil industry
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 17 hours agoThe looming early election threatens the end of the North Sea oil industry, according to experts,...
A Full Guide to the Modern British Royal Family
InStyle via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWhen she wasn't attending to royal duties, Queen Elizabeth had a passionate interest in horses, having gained a reputation as a rider, owner, and...
My Google Pixel phone turned my photos into AI nightmares
Digital Trends via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoThey aren’t quite as terrifying, but they are still wrong, and that makes them very disconcerting....