Shetland

The now open runways at Manchester Airport.

Watch: Met Office issues new snow and ice warnings

Family play on snow covered hill.

Watch: Weather map shows how wintry showers will affect UK tonight

Snow falls in Basingstoke.

Watch: Airports close as snow blankets roads and cars across the UK

Stock image of car being pushed out of snow.

Watch: Snow map shows when and where snow will fall tonight

Fiddler Chris Stout and singer songwriter Kris Drever

North Berwick to welcome iconic folk duo

Donna Marie Woodhouse had an incredibly close encounter with a pod of orcas.

Watch: Woman films surreal up-close encounter with majestic orca pod

Strong winds are expected to hit the UK.

Watch: Met Office issues yellow weather warnings for wind and rain

A jogger makes their way through fog on a frosty morning.

Watch: 'Wonky weather' as temperatures drop to -7C and warnings issued

Flapper skate attacks Paul Hutchison's boat.

Watch: Rare fish rams and punctures fisherman’s boat off Shetland

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Edinburgh Care Home Residents Enjoy a Visit from Miniature Shetland Ponies

Resident Joyce Shand with one of the ponies

Edinburgh care home residents enjoy a visit from miniature Shetland ponies

Striking footage shows a decommissioned oil rig being demolished with a controlled explosion, at Kishorn Port Limited's dry dock facility in Strathcarron, Wester Ross, Scotland

Watch dramatic moment oil rig is blown up in controlled explosion

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton and Liberal Democrat deputy leader Wendy Chamberlain during a visit to Craigie's Farm in South Queensferry to launch the party's General Election manifesto

Care is at the heart of who we are - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Group Managing Director Polly Staveley.

Edinburgh insurance broker expands Scottish presence with acquisition

Macular Society support group members attend their local support group for friendship and advice

£45K grant offers boost for sight loss services in Scotland

Eskbank Gardens.

Last chance to buy in final phase at Midlothian development
The final phase of homes at Dandara’s Eskbank Gardens is now over 50% sold, giving buyers a last opportunity to secure a home at the popular development in Dalkeith, Midlothian.
Sophie Thompson

A flight from Edinburgh to Shetland was forced to divert back to the Scottish capital due to heavy snow.

Heavy snow forces Loganair flight from Edinburgh to make U-turn

Vikings from the Shetland South Mainland Up Helly Aa Jarl Squad lead the torchlight procession through Edinburgh city centre, the opening event for the Hogmanay celebrations., on December 29.

12 dazzling pictures capturing torchlight procession through city centre

A weather warning for wind has been issued for Edinburgh.

Met Office issues yellow warning for high winds

Alison O'Donnell and Ashley Jensen play Tosh and Ruth in the new series of Shetland. Picture: Mark Mainz

Ashley Jensen and Alison O’Donnell lift the lid on the reboot of Shetland

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
A Shetland pianist has won one of Scotland’s biggest musical honours – a week after giving up a bar job to focus on a her talents.
Brian Ferguson

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

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

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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

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