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Helicopter landed safely after scare
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![The artwork for Oracdian quartet Fara's debut album 'Cross the Line'. They play Mareel on Thursday night as part of the launch tour.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fara_cross_the_line-240x140.jpg)
![Caption: The Messy Slester Fun Run colour saw 200 participants being pelted with powdered paint. It is set to become an annual event – Photo: Dale Smith](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/160912_Messy_Slester_Fun_Run_-240x140.jpg)
![A first photo of the possible broch on the Holms of Hogaland - Photos: http://scottishcrannogs.wordpress.com](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/160923_Holms_of_Hogaland_broch-240x140.png)
![Alan Tarby has spent over 20 years as a coxswain in Cornwall. Photo: Lerwick lifeboat station](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/14379903_1035016749950952_2154692607678755644_o-240x140.jpg)
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![Katrina Williamson and her daughter Layla getting acquainted with Tigger while waiting for a flight.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/katrina_williamson-240x140.jpg)
![From left to right - Adam Priest, Lewie Peterson, John-William Halcrow, Michael Anderson, Magnus Bradley, Erik Peterson. Missing from photo: Daniel Gear. Photo: Chris Cope/ShetNews](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2917-240x140.jpg)
![SCT vice chairman Jonathan Wills: 'Democratic deficit'](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/160916_J_Wills-240x140.jpg)
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![Committee of the Regions' territorial cohesion chairman Raffaele Cattaneo and SIC leader Gary Robinson at Mareel on Friday. Photo: ShetNews/Chris Cope](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2908-240x140.jpg)
![A picture of what the memorial will look like.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen_Shot_2016-09-07_at_16.08.35-240x140.png)
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![MSP Tavish Scott accused NHS Shetland of not being "straight" with Bressay people.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/160325_Tavish_3-240x140.jpg)
![Promote Shetland was created seven years ago to raise the profile of the isles.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ps-240x140.jpg)
![January's Storm Gertrude, shown here hitting Ulsta, was used as an example of Scotland's violent weather. Photo: Robert Odie](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/160129_Ulsta_Ferry_terminal_Yell_Shetland-240x140.jpg)
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![Vaila Wishart says the council would function better if there were more female councillors.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Vaila_Wishart-240x140.jpg)
![Davie Henderson and his daughter Michelle Moggach.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/160825_davie_henderson-240x140.png)
![SIC political leader Gary Robinson.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/160804_Gary_Robinson_SIC-240x140.jpg)
![Ian Perry performing at Lerwick's Garrison Square. Photo: Davie Gardner](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Screen_Shot_2016-08-25_at_10.53.30-240x140.png)
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![Shetland MSP Tavish Scott.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/t-240x140.jpg)
![The Trussell Trust's Jim Robertson (left) and Ewan Gurr (right) pictured with David Grieve and Angela Nunn. Photo: Chris Cope/Shetnews](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_2681-240x140.jpg)
![Danus Skene](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/160329_Danus_in_gansey-240x140.jpg)
![Shetland NFU chairman Jim Nicolson.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Jim_Nicolson-240x140.jpg)
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![The new group envisages creating allotments in Lerwick similar to a scheme already up and running in Sandwick. Photo: Steven Christie](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/imageedit_2_6500040959-240x140.png)
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![Andrew Dane meeting the fire crew at Sumburgh Airport on his visit to Shetland.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/andrew_meets_sumburgh_crew-240x140.jpg)
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![The new Waas Bakery logo.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/160806_Waas_Bakery_logo-240x140.png)
![The Holy Ghosts playing at Osfest this Saturday - Photo: Sandra Vijandi](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/160806_The_Holy_Ghosts__Sandra_Vijandi_credit-240x140.jpg)
![Resident Sandy MacMillan with his decibel measuring device - Photo: Chris Cope/ShetNews](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/160805_Sandy_MacMillan__Chris_CopeShetNews-240x140.jpg)
![Single track roads don't benefit from modern construction.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/160804_single_track_road-240x140.jpg)
![The small landslip on the Tingwall straight on Wednesday evening - Photo: Ryan Thomson](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/160803_Tingwall_landslip-240x140.jpg)
![Dhanni Moar competing in the Car Deadlift category, in Belfast on Sunday.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/160731_Dhanni_Moar-240x140.jpg)
![A Mati Ventillon jumper.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/160801_Mati_ventillon_jumper-240x140.jpg)
![Using hot water to kill weeds is good for the environment - Photo: William Spence](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/160729_Hot_water-240x140.jpg)
![Surrounded by small boats two of the swimmers on their way to Whalsay - Photo: Jeni Polson](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/160729_whalsay_swimmers-240x140.jpg)
![Wullver's Hool, overlooking Baltasound _ Photos: Courtesy of Harper Macleod LLP](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/160729_Saxby_cottage_1-240x140.jpg)
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![One of the Super Puma helicopters on its way to Lerwick. Photo: Ronnie Robertson](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/13692756_1080048298742889_2690453800158679395_o-240x140.jpg)
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![Not exactly roaming the woods of Aith: Tyrannosaurus Rex with baby T Rex - all photos: Ray Ferrie](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/160728_Michaelswood_3_Tyrannosaurus_Rex_-240x140.jpg)
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