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CROWDS flocked to the streets of Scalloway on Friday evening to watch the fire festival's torchlit procession. It culminated in the galley Longariva heading out to the water at Port Arthur in flames. All photos below by Malcolm Younger/Millgaet...

From fire festivals to smoking boats, see what caught the eye of Scottish photographers this week

John Robert (JR) Umphray said it is an ‘honour’ to be guizer jarl as he follows in his father’s footsteps

The fire festival season kicked off this morning (Friday) in Scalloway.

After years of trying, charter school advocates may have found a path to getting the schools funding in Kentucky.

A TOTAL of 150 free dinners were served up on Christmas Day to people living in Lerwick and Scalloway. Alison Beattie and Brenda Moar, who run the kitchen at Sound Primary School in Lerwick, volunteered their time along with a team of helpers, to cook and deliver full turkey...

A MESSAGE in a bottle thought to have been thrown in the sea more than ten years ago has washed up in Yell. The bottle was found in Burravoe in Yell on Monday (1 January) - and it included a brief note and a 20p coin. The message, written on the back of a prize draw ticket from...

A former farm shop and cafe has gone up for sale almost a year after its closure

MANY children in Shetland are starting their Christmas break early due to most schools deciding to stay shut in the snowy weather. Brae High, Mid Yell Junior High, Mossbank Primary, all Westside schools as well as Nesting primary are among those to close today (Friday) after...

A WOMAN who behaved aggressively towards police officers and staff of a Lerwick pub after being reminded she was barred from entering the premises has been fined £600. Lindsay Desvaux, of Dunrossness, admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at the Thule bar on 25...