![Craig Fullerton with his Japanese akita dog Tahni.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dog_and_owner-240x140.jpg)
Calls for greater care over NorthLink kennels
![Craig Fullerton with his Japanese akita dog Tahni.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dog_and_owner-240x140.jpg)
![The team that successfully herded the pilot whale out of Vidlin Voe (left to right): James Johnson, Pete and Jan Bevington of Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary, Hugh Harrop of Shetland Wildlife, Paul Hunter, Sam Nicolson, Ian White and Ryan Leith - Photo: Tim Stenton/Shetland Wildlife](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170719_pilot_whale_team-240x140.jpg)
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![Rowan Nicolson, 23, from Scalloway has won two awards from QMU.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Rowan_Nicolson2-240x140.jpg)
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![The pilot whale was close to the beach on Tuesday night from where two sea kayakers tried to herd it into deeper waters. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170718_pilot_whale_in_Vidlin_Voe-240x140.jpg)
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![New Lerwick Port Authority chairman Ronnie Gair (centre) with deputy chairman John Henderson (left) and new board member Steven Hutton.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ronnie_gair-240x140.jpg)
![The white sided dolphin was found at the outer side of the breakwater of the Bressay marina.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170718_White_sided_dolphin-240x140.jpg)
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![Eastern Airways' Mathew Herzberg with Flybe's chief executive Christine Ourmieres-Widener and chief revenue officer Vincent Hodder. Photo: Shetland News/Neil Riddell.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_4011-240x140.jpg)
![Phill Jupitus will perform at Mareel in Lerwick on 22 July.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170714_Jupitus-240x140.png)
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![The Sumburgh Head lighthouse and visitor centre, which reopened in 2014 after a £5.4 million refurbishment. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170714_the_reburshed_lighthouse-240x140.jpg)
![Bomb disposal team officers (left to right) ‘Sticky’ Cunningham, Jon Robinson and Garth Spence. Photos: Chris Cope/Shetland News](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170714_Bomb_disposal_team_from_Faslane-240x140.jpg)
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![The seal caught up in fishing line at Toft Pier.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170714_Seal_caught_up_in_fishing_line-240x140.png)
![Integration joint board vice chairman councillor Allison Duncan.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170518_Allison_Duncan-240x140.jpg)
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![Gary Bremner with his unexpected catch. Photo: Garry Sandison.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/big_fish-240x140.jpg)
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![Orkney council leader James Stockan, SNP islands minister Humza Yousaf, Western Isles council leader Roddie Mackay and SIC leader Cecil Smith.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_4099_1-240x140.jpg)
![MP Alistair Carmichael signing the brain tumour pledge earlier this week.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170712_Alistair_Carmichael_signs_the_brain_tumour_pledge-240x140.jpg)
![The ammunition was discovered by divers near Sellaness last weekend. Photo courtesy of Lerwick Police Station.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/image2-240x140.jpg)
![Mair's Pier was officially opened by Shetland MSP Tavish Scott (left), pictured with soon-to-retire LPA chairman Brian Anderson and the authority's chief executive Sandra Laurenson. Photo: John Coutts.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mairs_Pier_inauguration_1-240x140.jpg)
![Officially being opened on Wednesday, Mairs Quay has already seen some busy times - Photo: John Coutts/Lerwick Port Authority](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170529_Mairs_Quay-240x140.jpg)
![Loganair has been flying under the Flybe logo for years - but there is increasing acrimony between the two airlines as they prepare to go head-to-head on several key Scottish island routes from 1 September.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/saab_340_photo_loganair-240x140.jpg)
![HIE account manager Kirsten Nicolson pictured with Garry and Peter Jamieson at Jamieson’s Spinning in Sandness. Photo: HIE/Ben Mullay.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Jamiesons_of_Shetland_1-240x140.jpg)
![Seated on the memorial bench, from left, are Ian's mother Bridget Halvorsen and his wife Val Leask, with retired coxswain Hewitt Clark in the middle. Behind are the current crewmen. Photo: Davie Gardner.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ian_leask_memorial_group_pic-240x140.jpg)
![The Charisma leaving Whalsay at the weekend. Photos: Ivan Reid](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170711_CharismaIvanReid-240x140.jpg)
![Thirteen year old Loui-Bo Scott has launched an honesty box in Sand.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170711_sand_honesty-240x140.png)
![Arnold Mouat.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/arnold_2-240x140.jpg)
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![Cargo boat The Hildasay.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/160428_Hildasay-240x140.jpg)
![Pictured with their awards, from left to right, are police sergeant Victoria Duthie, LPA port controller Ryan Leith and local musician Maurice Henderson.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Royal_Humane_Society_Awards_-_Lerwick_Outside-240x140.jpg)
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![Seumas MacKay back at the Clickimin track following gold medal success in Gotland. Photo: Shetland News/Chris Cope.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/19820787_10154852581424716_1250065753_o-240x140.jpg)
![Flybe will go head to head with Loganair from 1 September - but is there room for two airlines?](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170707_flybe_1-240x140.jpg)
![Improv troupe The Imposters will again feature in Shetland Comedy's latest show.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen_Shot_2017-07-07_at_15.26.45-240x140.png)
![The Scottish Chamber Orchestra will play four concerts in Shetland.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170707_SCO-240x140.jpg)
![Heavy Metal Buffet's Shetland Rock Festival in typically energetic form back in 2014. Photo: Chris Brown](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170707_HMB_CB-240x140.jpg)
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