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Lerwick power station to stay open until 2025
![Lerwick power station is set to produce electricity well into the next decade.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/170612_Lerwick_Power_Station-240x140.jpg)
![The Buchan Alpha platform at Dales Voe. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_1812edit_1-240x140.jpg)
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![Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael. Photo: Shetland News/Hans J. Marter.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/141128_Alistair_Carmichael_MP-240x140.jpg)
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![Shetland Youth Theatre gave two performances based on poems by Jack Peterson. Photo: Courtesy Shetland Library](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171121_youth_theatre-240x140.jpg)
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![The Hrossey's sailing north on Tuesday night is likely to depart early to avoid the worst of the weather. Photo: Shetland News/Hans J. Marter.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/160724_Hrossey__Hans_J_Marter-240x140.jpg)
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![The Mind Your Head team, from left to right: supporting practitioner Charity Johnson, wellness practitioner Aimee Barclay, service manager Anouska Civico, finance/admin assistant Joanna Breeze and wellness practitioner Derry Meredith. Photo: Shetland News/Neil Riddell.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/170814_Mind_Your_Head_new_workers-240x140.jpg)
![Top English comedian Sara Pascoe shared a bill with up-and-coming local comic Marjolein Robertson at Mareel on Saturday night. Photo: Shetland News/Alex Garrick Wright.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171118_Sara_Pascoe__Marjolein_Robertson-240x140.jpg)
![Coastguard helicopter pilot Norman Leask. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171119_Green_Lily_wreath_laying_4-240x140.jpg)
![The shed at Sea Road is well alight. Photo:Elissa Blankley](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171119_Storage_shed_fire-240x140.jpg)
![Coastguard helicopter winchman Bill Deacon lost his life moments after saving the lives of the last crew members of the Green Lily. Photo: RNLI](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171116_Bill_Deacon-240x140.png)
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![The Edinburgh Quartet (Tijmen Huisingh, violin, at rear; Tom Hankey, violin, far right; Catharine Marwood, viola, 5th from left; Mark Bailey, cello, 3rd from left) with members of Shetland Community Orchestra, after their stunning performance at Mareel. Photo: James Mackenzie](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171115_Edinburgh_Quartet_with_ocal_musicians-240x140.jpg)
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![The team at BBC Radio Shetland is looking forward to a busy Children in Need night.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171116_BBC_Radio_Shetland_team-240x140.jpg)
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![Charlie the beagle has been treated for pneumonia.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171116_Karris_sick_dog_puppy-240x140.png)
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![The Grodians scheme is one of several in Shetland to have won national recognition. Photo courtesy of Hjaltland Housing Association.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Grodians-240x140.jpg)
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![The winners of the 2017 Shetland Environmental Awards. Photo: Austin Taylor](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171115_winners_environment_award-240x140.jpg)
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![The swimming pool at Clickimin Leisure Complex. If Shetland Recreational Trust was snared by the overhauled business rates scheme, it could lose out to the tune of £750,000 a year.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/clickimin_pool-240x140.jpg)
![Each unit of alcohol will have a minimum cost, with 50p the preferred rate. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171115_bottle-240x140.jpg)
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