Up Helly Aa: Shetland's Annual Viking Fire Festival Welcomes Women and Girls into Jarl Squad for the First TimeUp Helly Aa, an annual fire festival is held in Scotland, witnessing the members being adorned with Viking-styled clothing and carrying lit...
Schools closed as snow and weather warnings issued across UKTemperatures dropped below minus 13C (8.6F) for the second consecutive night, closing schools across the UK. Widespread travel disruptions ...
Snow and ice warnings in UK as temperature plummets below -10CThe northern parts of the UK are expected to be blanketed with snow, sleet, and rain, although some sunshine is predicted. Widespread frost...
Shetland Season 9: The mystery continues - Release, cast, plot, and all we know so farThe highly praised BBC One crime drama, Shetland, known for its intricate narratives and compelling characters, is currently in a state of ...
Downton Abbey Actress to Star in Murder is Easy, BBC's New Agatha Christie AdaptationThe BBC has offered a sneak peek of the opulent new rendition of Agatha Christie's timeless tale, 'Murder is Easy.' Making a return after a...
Rishi Sunak backs plans for new UK oil and gas explorationThe main opposition Labour party, well ahead in the polls, said earlier this year it will not issue any new North Sea drilling licences if ...
UK Met Office forecast heavy snowfall, issues 'risk to life' warning in ScotlandDue to the continued low temperatures witnessed across the nation after an Arctic blast, the Met Office has issued an amber "risk to life" ...
Weather warnings for England, Wales & Scotland extended; travel chaos expectedScotland, Wales, and England are now under a weather watch. On Sunday, when snow falls all across the globe, hazardous weather might halt t...
BBC's Shetland: Ashley Jensen takes over as lead after Douglas Henshall, read moreAfter Douglas Henshall left the show, Ashley Jensen is set to take over as the protagonist of BBC's Shetland.
From oil to renewables, winds of change blow on Scottish islandsEMEC itself produces "green" hydrogen from renewable sources via a tidal turbine and electrolysis using seawater from Eday, one of Orkney's...
About 96,000 salmon die after chlorine leak in Arctic NorwayRoger Pedersen, a spokesman for the salmon farming company Grieg Seafood, said the leak happened at one of its fish slaughterhouses in the ...
No horsing around: What made Yohan Poonawalla shift from riding to drivingA few nasty falls have made Yohan Poonawalla aware of the perils of horse riding.
Deep sea corals under threat from climate change: StudyNorth Atlantic coral populations - which support a variety of sea life - are under threat from climate change, according to scientists who ...
World's oldest message in a bottle found in GermanyA message in a bottle washed up on a beach in Germany more than 108 years after it was thrown into the sea. It is believed to be the world'...
Festivals across the globe sing the best tune of history, culture and experienceThe Up Helly Aa festival, dating back to 1880, is not a battle cry but an ode to Scotland’s history.
David Cameron's comeback: When in Britain, 'brag' like BritishChina may contest his maximalist stance that Britain has “invented things worth inventing, including every sport currently played around th...
- Orcadian delight: Scottish earthy hospitality
Orkney had a bloody Viking past, and nobody still knows why the 5,000 year old ring of Brodgar was built. An ancient civilisation existed t...