![Peter Kay (centre) and his bandmates in folk trio The Magpies.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/peter_keay_danny_award-240x140.jpg)
Celtic Connections award for Peter’s group
![Peter Kay (centre) and his bandmates in folk trio The Magpies.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/peter_keay_danny_award-240x140.jpg)
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![Rosalynn Fraser, a school worker from Tingwall, was scammed out of £3,000 before her bank reimbursed the sum.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Rosalynn_Fraser-240x140.jpg)
![Fair Isle lies half way between Shetland and Orkney and is not connected to the national grid - Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/140630_Fair_Isle-240x140.jpg)
![Author Malachy Tallack and illustrator Katie Scott at the award ceremony on Thursday.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170203_Malcky_Tallack__Katie_Scott-240x140.jpg)
![Police area commander Lindsay Tulloch.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/150121_Police_area_commander_Lindsay_Tulloch_small-e1541610131352-240x140.jpg)
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![Faroese prime minister Aksel Johannesen exploring his Viking roots with guizer jarl Lyall Gair.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/170131_Faroese_PM___jarl_Lyall_Gair-240x140.jpg)
![The council's waste management sites with the landfill in the background - Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/161117_SIC_wast_management_site-240x140.jpg)
![First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in parliament on Thursday.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/170126_FM_Nicola_Sturgeon-240x140.png)
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![North Isles councillor Gary Cleaver.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gary-cleaver-240x140.jpg)
![Sharon Deyell (left) and Sheila Manson of Northwards with some of the Christmas card going to be shipped south for recycling.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/170126_Sharon_deyell__Sheila_Manson-240x140.jpg)
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![Fiddler Andy Kain.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/170122_Andy_Kain-240x140.png)
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![The refitted Opportune arriving at Scalloway harbour on Friday morning - Photos: Chris Cope/ Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/170120_Opportune_LK209__ChrisCope-240x140.jpg)
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![The postcard from the Galapagos arrived more than two years after it was sent.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/galapagos_postcard-240x140.jpg)
![The orca was first spotted on Thursday. Photo: Cy Sullivan](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/170115_Orca_Cy_Sullivan-240x140.jpg)
![A photo of the washed up Orca on Friday morning. Photo: Mike Grundon](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/170113_orca_MikeGrundon-240x140.jpg)
![The library's current base at St Ringans Church (left) is a stone's throw away from the old premises at Lower Hillhead. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/170113_the_two_libraries.JPG-240x140.jpg)
![SSCHAIR coordinator Laura Herculson.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/170112_Laura_Herculson-240x140.jpg)
![The NorthLink cargo vessel Hildasay arriving at Lerwick harbour.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/140626_Hildasay-240x140.jpg)
![Lyall Gair has struck up a friendship with cider producer Thistly Cross, which is launching a special drink to tie in with his year as Up Helly Aa guizer jarl.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Lyall-240x140.jpg)
![Jonathan Wills speaking at the latest Althing debate as Ryan Thomson (left), chairwoman Karen Fraser (centre), Donald Murray (second from right) and Thor Holt (right) look on. Photo: Yetti Biscuit](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_9261-240x140.jpg)
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![Foodbank manager David Grieve: 'I can only see demand for the foodbank going up' - Photo: Chris Cope/Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/161222_David_Grieve-240x140.jpg)
![Helen Smith of the Follow the Vikings project.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/150716_Helen_Smith-240x140.jpg)
![NHS Shetland chief executive Ralph Roberts.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Ralph_Roberts_NHS_Shetland_copy-240x140.jpg)
![Marjolein Robertson is heading to New Zealand to perform a number of stand-up shows. Photo: John Carolan](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/161216_Marjolein_Robertson-240x140.jpg)
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![Staff member Sophie Wang (left) and owner Natalie Ho of Teamore - Photo: Chris Cope/ Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/161215_Sophie_Wang__Natalie_Ho-240x140.jpg)
![All five turbines of the community owned wind farm at Cullivoe have been erected - Photo: NYDC](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/151215_Cullivoe_wind_turbines-240x140.jpg)
![The health improvement team can be contacted via the www.healthyshetland.com website](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/161215_Healthy_Shetland-240x140.png)
![The council's children's services is based at Hayfield House - Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/161214_Hayfield_House-240x140.jpg)
![What the new housing development could look like. Imagine courtesy of PJP Architects LLP.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/161215_King_Harald_Street_development-240x140.jpg)
![General Levy, famed for providing the 'junglist massive' refrain in the 1994 song 'Incredible', will play Mareel in June.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/161210_General_Levy-240x140.jpg)
![Zoe Buchanan representing Britain in table tennis and badminton.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/161209_Zoe_Buchanan-240x140.jpg)
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![Access to Toft pier had been restricted for some time](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/150819_Toft_pier-240x140.jpg)
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![The lighting on the tree came in for social media criticism. Photo: Davie Gardner](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/davie_g_tree_pic-240x140.jpg)
![Shetland artist Jono Sandilands. Photo: Samphat Photography.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/29675567734_192b1374bb_o-240x140.jpg)
![A man was cut free from the van following the accident on Friday morning. Photo: Alex Garrick-Wright/Shetland News](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/161125_RTC_AGW-240x140.png)
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