![Staff from BBC Radio Shetland plus their supporters (left to right): camera man John Waters, producers Mike Grundon, Unison chairman Brian Smith, Radio Shetland senior producer John Johnston, producer Jane Moncrieff, Shetland Times reporter Neil Riddell, and Helen Smith - Photo: Shetland News.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/130218_radio_shetland_strike-240x140.jpg)
Radio Shetland on strike
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![Stephen Gordon's poster for the 2003 Lerwick anti war rally](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/130214_no_in_wir_name-240x140.jpg)
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![A model of the horseshoe shaped memorial.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/memorial_info_board-240x140.jpg)
![The Bond Jigsaw helicopter will now be able to handle medical evacuations from the isles. Photo Kieran Murray](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bond_jigsaw_helicopter_by_kieran_murray-240x140.jpg)
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![Shetland Central member Mark Burgess](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mark_burgess-199x254-240x140.jpg)
![Hjaltland Housing Association properties at Norrendal, Whalsay. Photo John Dally](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/norrendal_whalsay_by_john_dally-240x140.jpg)
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