![Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson on a previous visit to the isles.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140811_ruth_davidson-240x140.jpg)
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![Fire crews pumping water from the old Adamson Brothers building in Cunningsburgh - Photo: Michael Owen](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140809_Pumping_water-240x140.jpg)
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![The A970 above Levenwick is partially blocked due to a landslide - Photo: Diane Gray](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140809_Levenwick_landslip-240x140.jpg)
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![Deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon is to visit Shetland ahead of the referendum.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Nicola_Sturgeon-240x140.jpg)
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![C&A Thomason's new musssel harvesting boat in Lerwick Harbour yesterday.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mussel_harvesting_boat-240x140.jpg)
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![Fiddle Frenzy's Melbourne contingent: Louise, Claire, Declan and Judy. Photo: Davie Gardner](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Melbourne_contingent-240x140.jpg)
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![Sustainable Shetland members are determined to continue the fight against Viking Energy's windfarm.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sustainable_shetland_protest-240x140.jpg)
![The family of six year old James Hawick are raising awareness of the importance of donating bone marrow.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/james-240x140.jpg)
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![MSP Tavish Scott has made separate pleas to end the export of arms to Israel and to clamp down on issuing firearms to police in the Highlands and Islands.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140508_Tavish_in_parliament-240x140.png)
![Jim Salestrom and his wife Pam.](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140806_Jim_Salestrom-240x140.jpg)
![Solan and Bonxie tied up at Sella Ness - Photo: ShetNews](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Solan_and_bonxie-240x140.jpg)
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![One of the Americana scene's rising stars, Jason Isbell, on stage before a 200-strong crowd at Mareel on Tuesday night. Photo: Chris Brown](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/O8056446_14-08-05-240x140.jpg)
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![Prides performing at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Screen_Shot_2014-08-04_at_08.32.00-240x140.png)
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![The SQA letter containing the precious exam results - Photo: ShetNews](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140805_SQA-240x140.jpg)
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![Lerwick lifeboat is taking the Good Shepherd with 15 people on board under tow on Tuesday morning _ Photo: John Moncrieff](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140805_Good_Shepherd_under_tow-240x140.jpg)
![One of the first photos of David Cameron in Shetland taken shortly after his arrival at Sumburgh airport in the afternoon of 22 July. With him is Alistair Carmichael, the Scottish secretary and local MP - Photo: Ronnie Robertson](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140722_Cameron-240x140.jpg)
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![The 'Hjaltibonhoga' fiddlers in action at the Military Tattoo in Edinburgh. Photo: Kim Karam](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/fiddlers_at_tattoo-240x140.jpg)
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