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The Rosebank oil field in Scotland have been given development and production consent by the NSTA despite pushback from campaigners. (Credit: Getty Images)

Rosebank oil field given go-ahead despite pushback from activists

Climate campaigners will march through Edinburgh next week, joining a global day of action against fossil fuels. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Climate campaigners to take to streets in protest against fossil fuels

Here’s everything you need to know about Badminton Horse Trials today

Badminton Horse Trials - everything you need know today

Martin Compston and Phil MacHugh will be reunited for the new show Northern Fling.

Martin Compston reunites with Phil MacHugh for Norway travel show

Alison O'Donnell and Ashley Jensen on the set of the new series of Shetland. Picture: Mark Mainz

Shetland: First look at Ashley Jensen on set as new cast members are revealed

The earthquake was felt in Ebbw Vale, South Wales. Picture: GEOFF CADDICK/AFP via Getty Images

Earthquake hits Wales with a magnitude of 3.7

Shetland pianist Amy Laurenson has been crowned Scotland’s best young traditional musician. Picture: Alan Peebles

Shetland pianist Amy Laurenson crowned Scotland’s best young trad musician

Photo by Arch White

Couple swim 370km for charity one year after son's suicide

Ashley Jensen will take on the new lead role in Shetland when the series returns next year.

Shetland: Ashley Jensen to take over lead role in hit BBC crime drama

Christie Grahame, left, with his friend Jock Hunter who was shot dead while parachuting into Arnhem during the Second World War

The lost life of Jock Hunter from Hawick, a man I never knew, still saddens me

The Scots Trad Music Awards will be returning to the Caird Hall in Dundee next month.

Contenders revealed for 20th Scots Trad Music Awards

Douglas Henshall on leaving Shetland TV series - your views online

Douglas Henshall as Det Ins Jimmy Perez, whose team catches killers in Shetland

Douglas Henshall tells BBC 'don't make a mess' of Shetland

Paul Hourston, who uses the name Doric Dad on social media, has been named Scots Media Person of the Year in the Scots Language Awards.

'Doric Dad' social media star among those honoured at Scots Language Awards

Bass Rock in East Lothian...one of the worlds largest gannet colonies and the unofficial 12th wonder of the wildlife world....

Visits to seabird colonies on Forth islands banned amid avian flu outbreak

Martin Kos: Police concerned for well being of missing Edinburgh man last seen on a ferry travelling to Shetland

Police concerned for well being of missing Edinburgh man
Police are appealing for information after a man has been reported missing.

Men and boys join their jarl squad at Up Helly Aa - but now women can join the celebration of Shetland's Viking past
PIC: TSPL.

Women can take part in Up Helly Aa Viking festival for first time

Vaila is an idyllic island with its own jetty and a ten minute boat trip to the Shetland mainland
Pic: Savills

Shetland island complete with its own baronial mansion is on the market

Mr Rosen with 44th US President Barack Obama and SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Picture: Nasa/Bill Ingalls.

Scots rocket firm Skyrora catalysing ambitions with hire of former SpaceX exec

Remote but beautiful: Foula offers a complete change of lifestyle

Wanted: Headteacher for tiny school on Scotland's remotest inhabited island

Fhior

Fhior hosts dinner to showcase North Ronaldsay's seaweed-eating sheep

Royal Mail staff with the UAV which will be used for island deliveries

Watch: Royal Mail drone flies daily post to Scotland's remotest islands

Rob Richardson from Newtongrange.

Newtongrange man to cycle to every distillery for whisky challenge

Despite their size, Sperm whales are graceful when they go beneath the surface.

Giant sperm whale could ground in Shetland, rescuers fear

Loganair chief executive Jonathan Hinkles said it had been "simply impossible" to absorb the oil price rise. Picture: Loganair

Loganair to add fuel surcharge to most routes due to soaring oil prices

A mock-up of a satellite launch from the new spaceport set for Unst, Shetland, which has now been approved by planners.
PIC: Contributed.

Shetland rocket flights: Spaceport seeks licence to launch from Unst

Neve McIntosh as Luci in The Scent of Roses

Lyceum forced to delay season opener due to Covid outbreak
The opening night of the world premiere of The Scent of Roses, the 2022 season opener at the Royal Lyceum theatre, has had to be delayed due to an outbreak of Covid.

Strong winds will batter the Capital on Wednesday and Thursday, as Storm Dudley arrives in Scotland.

Severe gales set to hit the Capital, prompting 'danger to life' warning

Eryn Rae is the new BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year. Picture: Alan Peebles

Fiddler Eryn Rae named Scotland's 'young traditional musician of the year'

The Jawbone Arch was dismantled for essential conservation work in 2014. Picture: Jane Barlow.

Jawbone Arch ‘too fragile’ to return to Meadows

The firm says Skyprint 2 'will transform Skyrora’s operations and expand the limits of what is possible when it comes to space engineering'. Picture: contributed.

Rocket firm Skyrora fuelling ambitions with pioneering new device

Adam McIntosh owns Two Skies on the Royal Mile

Shop owner scores haul of rare gems for £100 at his first auction

US Marines help a wounded man while being pinned down by enemy fire in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah in March 2003 (Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Pacifists like me are not anti-army, we are anti-war – Christine Grahame MSP

DI Jimmy Perez, played by Douglas Henshall, has returned to our screens for Season 6 of Shetland. Photo: BBC/ITV Studios/Silverprint/Mark Mainz

Shetland crime drama Season 6: When to watch and where it's filmed

James Martin

James Martin tells us about his new book, Butter

Global gas prices have soared in recent months (Picture: Joe Giddens/PA)

Affordable gas supplies must be a government priority – John McLellan

Cockenzie Power Station was demolished in 2016 Picture: Lisa Ferguson

MP wants legislation to secure community benefit from renewables

Fifteen turbines are already supplying clean, reliable energy in Shetland Picture: Nova Innovation

£6.4m backing for tidal turbine company

Climate change activists gathered outside the Scottish Parliament on Friday to protest against the development of a controversial new Cambo oil field.

Activists gather outside Scottish Parliament to protest Cambo oil field

The North Sea oil industry could expand into the Cambo field off the west coast of Shetland. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Scotland Minister says sources like Cambo oil field ‘still required’

The longest day of the year, also known as the summer solstice, is almost here (Getty Images)

When is the longest day of the year in Scotland?

The moon partially covers the sun during an annular solar eclipse as seen from Siliguri on June 21, 2020. (Photo by Diptendu DUTTA / AFP).

The solar eclipse in Edinburgh

With a kayak, a whole new world of adventure could open up (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Could kayaking finally be the hobby for me? – Susan Morrison

The gosling is being hand reared by staff at Almond Valley Heritage Centre, West Lothian (Photo: Katielee Arrowsmith SWNS).

Adorable pictures show ‘incredibly rare’ Shetland gosling three days old

Lana on a previous visit home to Estonia

Woman misses mother’s funeral in Estonia after barred from flying at last minute

From left: paralegal Jennifer Smith and associate Laura Sinclair with colleague Neil Risk. Picture: Dave Donaldson.

Law firm Anderson Strathern pursues M&A strategy by merging with Lerwick busines...

Volunteer community radio presenters from all over Scotland from the Shetland Isles to Dumfries pictures: supplied

Stay tuned: Meet the weird and wonderful DJs keeping community radio alive

BT Group, its spend with contractors and suppliers, and the spending power of its employees, are responsible for supporting around 12,400 jobs north of the Border, the research indicates. Picture: Jeff Holmes

BT gives Scottish economy a £1.2 billion boost - independent study

Numerous weather warnings are in place across the UK as the aftermath of Storm Christoph leaves wet weather and wintry conditions (Photo: Shutterstock)

What to expect across the UK as Storm Christoph aftermath brings snow, ice and h...

Conditions could be difficult across the Lothians.

Edinburgh Weather: Warning as ice to hit Lothians this weekend

These are the rules for extended households in Scotland under lockdown

These are the rules for extended households in Scotland under lockdown

A member of the Care Home Relatives Scotland group taking part in a demonstration outside Holyrood in September to campaign for more visitor access to relatives in care homes. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Change to Covid vaccine a 'nightmare' for vulnerable care home residents

Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations in 2019. Picture: Liam Anderstrem

Scots warned to stay at home for Hogmanay amid possible increase in restrictions

A Redwing perched on a hawthorn tree. Picutre: Ben Andrew

Edinburgh GPs to prescribe nature to patients in partnership with RSPB