The Shetland Islands will house the UK's first vertical rocket spaceport
The spaceport has been granted a licence for 30 launches a year.
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Energy bills crisis 'worse than Covid' for remote Shetland Islands
Energy bills have been rising sharply in the Shetland Islands and despite the giant near by oil terminal locals see little benefit.
Shetland cut off from mainland as subsea cable damage downs phones and internet
Engineers are working urgently to restore a link to the remote isles, off the northern coast of the Scottish mainland.