Why did Douglas Henshall leave Shetland as Jimmy Perez?

Humza Yousaf has insisted he has "absolute confidence" in Michael Matheson as the SNP leader faced calls to sack the Health Secretary over an £11,000 data roaming bill.

DI Alison 'Tosh' McIntosh has been a main character in the BBC's Shetland since it first began and has built up a reputation on the Isles for her determination to get justice. For the eighth series, Tosh has stepped into the role of DI at the Lerwick police station. It's only on a temporary basis however, as for practical reasons she isn't able, or perhaps doesn't want, to make it official.

It was a frustrating trip to the Capital for Kilmarnock as they headed back down the M8 empty-handed.

A dad says he was 'left for dead' and 'covered in blood' after being attacked as he walked home from the pub. Daniel Page, a dad-of-two from Denton, Tameside, had been out with friends for drinks when he started walking home along Lake Road in the early hours of Saturday (November 4).

The First Minister has been accused of misleading Holyrood over when the Government was asked for WhatsApp messages by the UK Covid Inquiry.

The executive producers of critically acclaimed BBC prison drama Time have launched their own scripted production operation.

Ashley Jensen has taken on the role of DI Ruth Calder in BBC One hit series Shetland.The drama is in its eighth series and Ashley's character has returned to the Isles to track down a witness to a violent gangland crime. The actress has been in the spotlight for many years and has starred in several well-known shows from Extras to Ugly Betty. Ashely, 54, has been through her fair share of heartbreak following the death of her husband in 2017.

A Scots school playground has been flooded with 'sewage' from a recurring problem which was first reported in August and has reportedly seen staff and pupils "getting sick". Westerton Primary School in Bearsden has had issues with flooding before but in August the murky water began to flow into the playground where the children spend their breaks.

For generations, royal children were educated at home in castles and palaces by private tutors and governesses. However, this all changed in 1958 when young King Charles was enrolled at Cheam Preparatory School in Hampshire and became the first heir to the British throne to attend school with other pupils.

A pensioner has died following a horror quad bike incident on the Shetland Islands.

Humza Yousaf’s relatives are safe after they were allowed to leave Gaza this morning.

The recent passing of Terence Davies and the tributes that followed — tales of a steel will, impassioned budgetary battles and a host of dream projects that never materialized — give this highly personal tribute to Scottish filmmaker Bill Douglas an extra and very poignant relevance as a similar story, now depressingly familiar to the British film industry, of an uncompromising talent who left us with a tantalizing promise of what might have been. Now largely unknown to the wider world, but very dear to the heart of Scotland (despite the fact that he left his homeland at the earliest opportunity), Douglas is the closest thing to a Rosetta Stone in recent British independent and social-realist cinema. From his early home movies through to his last three-hour masterwork Comrades (1986), the director left an indelible imprint that still seems shockingly modern today, leaving traces in everything from Derek Jarman’s early Super-8 works to Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher and beyond.

died Saturday of an apparent drowning incident at his California home. He was 54.Law enforcement sources told TMZ that investigators ran a less-in-depth test on the actor that revealed he did not have fentanyl or meth in his system at the time of his death.More in-depth tests are currently being conducted as part of the toxicology, which can takes months to establish an official cause of death.Additionally, a cause of death was “deferred.”The Post has contacted the Los Angeles Police Department for comment.Sources told the outlet that prescription medications were found at the property, and will be part of the review, which is common practice.The Post confirmed that officials received a phone call reporting that the late actor was in his hot tub and not breathing.The caller’s identity has not been revealed by authorities, though TMZ reported it was Perry’s assistant, who made the call after returning to the home.LAPD Capt.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), who House Republicans unanimously voted for last week, has scrubbed his personal website, apparently deleting all 69 weekly podcasts he and his wife Kelly began recording last year.Kelly Johnson’s business website, Onward Christian Counseling, has also been scrubbed. HuffPost reports she “runs a counseling business that advocates the belief that homosexuality is comparable to bestiality and incest, according to its operating documents.” Attempts to access both websites now result in an “Error” message, although those web addresses have been archived.Speaker Johnson has been described as a far-right Christian nationalist and Christian dominionist.Last week, after Johnson was elected the third-most powerful official in America, Politico published a profile on “the Christian nationalist ideas that shaped House Speaker Mike Johnson.” The New York Times wrote, “The new House speaker has put his faith at the center of his political career, and aligned himself with a newer cohort of conservative Christianity that some describe as Christian nationalism.”An MSNBC columnist last week wrote, “Mike Johnson’s Christian nationalist track record isn’t a mystery — it’s a tragedy,” and added, “The new speaker cut his teeth trying to erode the separation of church and state and abortion and LGBTQ rights as a lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund.”On Thursday, in a Daily Beast opinion piece, David Rothkopf wrote, “Here’s Why Mike Johnson Is More Dangerous Than Donald Trump.”“In interviews he has spoken of the fact that ‘We don’t live in a democracy’ we live in a ‘Biblical republic,'” Rothkop said.

A person has been rushed to hospital and two others injured after being mauled by a pair of ‘out-of-control’ dogs.

Humza Yousaf has been urged to hand WhatsApp messages to the UK Covid Inquiry in a row over evidence.

EXCLUSIVE: Plan B Entertainment has set a joint venture with Oscar-winning documentarian and filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, known for movies including Touching The Void, One Day In September, Whitney, The Last King Of Scotland and State Of Play. 

Ashley Jensen was so "privileged" to be starring in the new series of Shetland that she was left "speechless" the first time she arrived on the island to start filming.

Shetland may be the setting for one of our bleakest crime dramas, but for new cast member Ashley Jensen, filming alongside killer whales, puffins and seals was a magical experience. In the upcoming eighth series of the show, Ashley joins as DI Ruth Calder, who will be teaming up with DS Alison ‘Tosh’ McIntosh, played by Alison O’Donnell.The change follows the departure of Douglas Henshall and Mark Bonnar, who played DI Jimmy Perez and criminal Duncan Hunter. “Every day we’d be like, ‘Are we going to see an orca today?’” says Ashley.

Sam Heughan appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to promote his new book with Graham McTavish.