VIDEO: Shetland celebrates Viking heritage Thousands of people have gathered in Lerwick in Shetland to celebrate the island's Viking heritage with a dramatic fire festival. Shetland 'needs chief executive' Shetland Islands Council needs a long-term chief executive in its bid to progress, the Accounts Commission says. VIDEO: Up Helly Aa sets Shetland alight The fire festival of Up Helly Aa sees Viking warriors parade through Lerwick before a replica galley is burned on the shore. Shetland oil drilling contract agreed Oil giant BP has announced a multimillion-pound contract with a specialist offshore engineering firm for the second phase of a massive project off the Shetland Islands. Three detained for Shetland drugs A woman and two men are arrested after drugs are seized following a number of searches in Shetland.
