The Shetland Bus missions which ferried soldiers, spies and supplies from Scotland to Nazi-occupied Norway are being honoured next month. A peacetime convoy of former Second World War vessels will ...

Scottish Sea Farms has submitted plans to redevelop and expand some of its current sites in Yell Sound into one bigger farm, ...

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

Shetland is a wealthy community, thanks to the North Sea oil trade, and it’s attracted artists, musicians and bohemians since the Sixties, making it a cultural hotbed despite its dinky ...

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

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of ...

The Shetland Bus convoys were part of the Norwegian branch of the SOE, supporting the resistance movement in Norway. Between 1940 and 1945, they made 200 North Sea crossings, transporting hundreds ...

Their mission: carry weapons, radios and agents across the North Sea, and return to Shetland with those escaping the tightening grip of Nazi rule, among them young men anxious to join the Allies ...