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This year was the first-ever time women were allowed to take part in the historic Viking Up Helly La procession in Lerwick, Shetland. The annual torchlight festival started in the 1880s.
For the first time in the Up Helly Aa history, women and girls were allowed to join the Jarl Squad and lead the procession.
BBC newsman Lewis Vaughan (pictured) was live on BBC Breakfast this morning reporting on the historic Up Helly Aa Viking festival in Lerwick, Shetland at around 9.20am today.
This year’s procession marks the first where women have been able to participate in the procession.
The jarl squad comprises elected members who lead the torchlit procession through the streets of Lerwick, Shetland, which, up until 2022, consisted only of men.