From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An Italian cruise line has come under fire after thousands of passengers exposed to a sickness bug were allowed to disembark in a town in Shetland. Passengers on board Costa Cruises Costa Favolosa ...

You’ve probably never heard of Chiara Tamburlini, and she knows you haven’t heard of her. “I feel like no one knows my name, which is okay,” the 25-year-old hailing from Switzerland says.

Stories like A Court of Thorns and Roses have been seducing audiences with tales of romance and magical danger for hundreds of years. Edward John Poynter's painting Orpheus and Eurydice, 1862 ...

Shetland Choreographer and Performer Kathryn Gordon has Assembly@DanceBase all a birl this Edinburgh Festival Fringe as she introduces her sublime new work A JOURNEY OF FLIGHT. This is an ...

SHETLAND has named its biggest ever team for an Island Games ahead of this July’s event in Orkney. The 175-strong team was announced by Shetland Islands Games Association (SIGA) today, with 146 ...

(It truly took a small choir to replace the late, great Kirsty MacColl.) Still, what McRae's SNL performance of "Sports Car" lacked in vocal finesse or power — she opted out of the first chorus ...

Shetland Islands Council held its first ever meeting on 16 th May, 1975. To mark the occasion of its 50th birthday, a special event was held on Friday night giving past and present councillors a ...

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Shetland News reported earlier in the week that the Burravoe branch was due to close in July following the retirement of the postmistress, who runs it from her home. This caused concern in the ...