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Loganair’s ‘renewal project’ for Saab fleet under way
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![Bressay guizer jarl Gary Thomson (aka Geir Thorsson) in full regalia ahead of his big day on Friday.](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160225_bressay_jarl-240x140.jpg)
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![Bluemull Sound ferry Bigga berthing at Gutcher, which had to be dredged last year to avoid damaging stern gear.](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Bigga_at_Gutcher-240x140.jpg)
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![Jeff Merrifield contributing to the Institute of the Mythology of Humankind.](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160225_merrifield-240x140.jpg)
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![Attending today’s Confucius launch (from left) were SIC global learning coordinators Brian Spence and Lewie Peterson; CISS deputy director Fan Lin; SIC convener Malcolm Bell; Chinese Edinburgh vice consul Zhang Huazhong; Sandwick Junior High School head teacher Stuart Clubb; Mandarin Chinese teacher Ying Zhang and CISS director Ping Ma. Photo courtesy of SIC.](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Confucius_Hub_01-240x140.jpg)
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![The emergency towing vessel Herakles.](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/herakles_tug-240x140.jpg)
![BBC Ten Pieces' event for primary pupils in March last year, featuring Shetland Community Orchestra, is to be reprised for secondary pupils next month.](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ten_pieces.jpg-240x140.png)
![Scottish transport and islands minister Derek Mackay, flanked by fellow SNP minister Marco Biagi and SIC political leader Gary Robinson at Lystina House on Monday. Photo: Shetnews](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0909-240x140.jpg)
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