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‘It’s betrayal’: Shetland’s scallop fishers brace for arrival of UK’s largest salmon farm 17 février 2026 à 13:00

‘It’s betrayal’: Shetland’s scallop fishers brace for arrival of UK’s largest salmon farm

Par : Karen McVeigh and Daniel Shailer in Shetland · Scotland

17 février 2026 à 13:00

Huge project by Norwegian-owned Scottish Sea Farms gets go-ahead amid concerns over the environmental cost of fish farming and threat to traditional way of life

At Collafirth, north Shetland, Sydney Johnson is unloading bags of two-dozen scallops by throwing them over his head like medicine balls to the pier above. Johnson, who has just finished a 10-hour shift on his boat, the Golden Shore, is concerned that plans for a new salmon farm will put fishers like him and his two sons out of business.

“They say it’s just one farm,” says Johnson. “But it’s one farm more. There’s only so much water and we’re at saturation point.”

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Bothwell: the affluent Glasgow town that has become UK’s ‘firebomb capital’ 17 février 2026 à 09:00

Bothwell: the affluent Glasgow town that has become UK’s ‘firebomb capital’

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Par : Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

17 février 2026 à 09:00

A high street is punctuated by burned-out buildings like rotten teeth in an otherwise perfect smile – what’s going on?

On the banks of the River Clyde, half an hour to the south-east of Glasgow, Bothwell is one of the city’s prettiest and most prosperous commuter towns, famous for its medieval castle and annual scarecrow festival. Bothwell’s Victorian villas and secluded enclaves of luxury modern mansions sell into the millions to the TV personalities, professional footballers and entrepreneurs who favour its environs.

Bothwell Main Street, a designated conservation area, showcases glorious floral displays in summertime and year round an array of independent boutiques, jewellers and beauticians buck the trend for high street degeneration.