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![Seumas Mackay winning gold at the Gotland island games. Photo: Shetland Islands Games Association](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/seamus_gold-240x140.jpg)
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![Loganair managing director Jonathan Hinkles (third from right) was in Shetland on Monday in an attempt to counter Flybe's PR offensive as the airlines prepare to go head-to-head from September. Photo: BBC Radio Shetland.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/loganair_staff-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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![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)
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