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![The Battlefield Band entertained folk fans at Mareel on Wednesday night. Photo: Davie Gardner](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140828_battlefield_band_mareel-240x140.jpg)
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![Scotland's deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon takes the campaign for a Yes vote to Shetland on Wednesday.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Nicola_Sturgeon-240x140.jpg)
![Four people were killed when the Super Puma helicopter they were travelling in ditched into the sea in August 2013.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/130824_ditched_helicopter3-240x140.jpg)
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!["Dr Jazz" Jeff Merrifield.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Dr_Jazz-240x140.jpg)
![From left to right: Shetland MSP Tavish Scott, swimmer Andrea Strachan, bronze medal winning swimmer Erraid Davies, table tennis player Lynda Flaws and SIC convener Malcolm Bell. Photo: Davie Gardner](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140826_commonwealth_games_athletes-240x140.jpg)
![Writer and film maker Christopher Silver.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/chris_silver-240x140.jpg)
![Participants at the start of Mind Your Head's fun run at Cunningsburgh on Sunday. Photo: Malcolm Younger](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140825_mind_your_head_fun_run-240x140.jpg)
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![Frank Strang of SaxaVord Resort says the mixture of local knowledge and Norwegian business acumen will help the new partnership to succeed.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1T6A3730-240x140.jpg)
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![Crowdsurfing at the Legion during English band Hope of the Hated's set. Photo: Chris Brown](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/EPM20640_14-08-23-240x140.jpg)
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![Over 100 people gathered to remember the four people who died in last year's tragic accident. Photo: Malcolm Younger](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140824_helicopter_memorial_2-240x140.jpg)
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![Nine of the 10 workmates who are limbering up for an 80-mile, non stop walk the length of Shetland. Photo: Malcolm Younger](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140822_Scaffolders-240x140.jpg)
![Jeff Merrifield](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140823_jeff_merrifield-240x140.jpg)
![Final designs of the new Anderson High School may not be agreed until next year.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140204_new_design_1-240x140.jpg)
![Traditional music institution Battlefield Band are looking forward to playing Mareel on Wednesday.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140823_battlefield_band-240x140.jpg)
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![The Sumburgh based Coastguard helicopter was involved in two of the three call outs Shetland Coastguard coordinated.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/130306_new_cstgd_s-92-240x140.jpg)
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![Bertie Armstrong: ' delighted with detailed responses'](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Bertie_Armstrong-240x140.jpg)
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![Converted to fighting ships, the merchant cruisers were armed with guns to stop any ship they met, and fend off an attack if need be. These gunners are on H.M.S. Almanzora - Photo: Shetland Museum and Archives](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SM00307-240x140.jpg)
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![Erraid Davies won a swimming bronze in Glasgow. Photo: Ian MacNicol](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140726_erraid_winning_bronze_Photo_Ian_MacNicol-240x140.jpg)
![Actor Steven Robertson.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140820_steven_robertson-240x140.jpg)
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![An image of the new Rova Head power station proposed by SHEPD last year.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/130925_new_lk_power_station_plans-240x140.jpg)
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![A digital impression of the Dales Voe South development - Image: Courtesy of LPA](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140820_Dales_Voe_extension-240x140.jpg)
![750 tonnes of litter has so far been removed from the sea.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/130404_fishing_for_litter-240x140.jpg)
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![Councillor Andrea Manson.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/andrea_manson-238x269-240x140.jpg)
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