It sounds like it could be the plot of a spy novel, but the "Shetland Bus" was a real undercover operation carried out to ...

Without the Norwegian sailors who risked their lives in the war, the Allied front might have collapsed and thousands could ...

The Liberation Convoy was partly made of historic vessels that once sailed the daring North Sea route during WWII ...

Mr Larsen was one of the most famous men who operated the Shetland Bus, having barely escaped Norway in February 1941 in a ...

Before you can lace up for one of the world’s most remote races, you’ll need to navigate wild seas, endure freezing ...

The local lifeboat and a replica Viking longboat were among those joining crowds of people at Lerwick Harbour as part of the special journey to commemorate the heroics of the ‘Shetland Bus’ crews.

HMCS Margaret Brooke, an Arctic and offshore patrol vessel, carried both sailors and scientists on the 46,300 kilometre ...

The King and Prince William laid wreaths at the service at Westminster Abbey, as events across the UK mark the 80th ...

Harbour Energy, a critic of the windfall tax, claims a "punitive" fiscal regime is harming profits and investment.

The owner of the Rosebank oil field off the west coast of Shetland is under investigation by the Norwegian authorities over ...