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Narrowly avoids jail
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![Education and families committee chairman George Smith.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170518_George_Smith-240x140.jpg)
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![Much of the household waste currently incinerated is set to be recycled under a new plan put together by the SIC and Zero Waste Scotland. Photo: Shetland News.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Waste_to_Energy_plant-240x140.jpg)
![Living Lerwick's BID manager Christena Irvine. Photo: Shetland News/Neil Riddell.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Christena_Irvine_Living_Lerwick-240x140.jpg)
![Scottish transport minister Humza Yousaf and SIC environment and transport committee chairman Ryan Thomson.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170823_humza_and_ryan-240x140.jpg)
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![Transport and islands minister Humza Yousaf. Photo: Shetland News/Hans J, Marter.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/160804_Humza_Yousaf_MSP__Hans_J_MarterShetNews-240x140.jpg)
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![Streamline managing director Gareth Crichton.](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/131125_Gareth_Crichton-240x140.jpg)
![Luke and Kate Holt with two of their distinctive crofthouse planters in Quarff this week. Photo: Shetland News/Neil Riddell.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170815_Luke_and_Kate_Holt-240x140.jpg)
![Pelagia Shetland's factory. Its Norway-based chief executive Egil Magne Haugstad is confident Brexit won't pose an issue - but not everyone in the local industry agrees. Photo: Shetland News/Hans J. Marter](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170808_Shetland_Catch_factory-240x140.jpg)
![Syrian refugees fleeing to safety in the Mediterranean. Photo by Freedom House with Creative Commons approval.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CC_syria2-240x140.jpg)
![From left to right: Victor Wilson of Total, Ivan Sinclair of the Strom Park Development Trust, Ross Smith of Injury Shetland and Neil Bruce of Costain. Photo: Shetland News.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC_1109-240x140.jpg)
![Mind Your Head's new 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.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_4266-240x140.jpg)
![Highlands and Islands MSP Maree Todd: some industries are 'in denial' about Brexit's potential pitfalls. Photo: Neil Riddell/Shetland News](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170808_Maree_todd_MSP-240x140.jpg)
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![Veronica McBurnie leading participants in the "Big Sing" fundraiser at Da Big Kirk on Sunday night. Photo: Dale Smith.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MG_5999_A4_Final-240x140.jpg)
![Salt House (from left: Lauren McColl, Jenny Sturgeon and Ewan McPherson) performing at Mareel on Thursday evening. Photo: Kelly Nicolson Riddell.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC_1087-240x140.jpg)
![Veronica McBurnie (left) with some of the other singers who took part in a previous Shetland event.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shetland_singers-240x140.jpg)
![Marvin Smith of Shetland Telecom: "really somebody somewhere has to come up with a solution to get this done, and the only way it’s going to be done is to throw proper money at it."](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/marvin_smith-240x140.jpg)
![Shetland comedian Marjolein Robertson is about to begin a three-week stint at the Free Fringe in Edinburgh. Photo: John Carolan](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Marjolein_Robertson_Standing_on_a_waa_Photo_by_John_Carolan-240x140.jpg)
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![From left to right: Dianne Morrison, current AHS head teacher Valerie Nicolson, Irene Smith, Irvine Tait, Norma Nicolson and Lesley Johnson. Photo: Shetland News/Neil Riddell.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/DSC_1057_2-240x140.jpg)
![Jupitus shared the news on his Twitter page, which has over 200,000 followers.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rsz_1rsz_screen_shot_2017-07-24_at_114729-240x140.jpg)
![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)
![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)
![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)
![Gary Bremner with his unexpected catch. Photo: Garry Sandison.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/big_fish-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)
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![Loganair managing director Jonathan Hinkles.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/JonathanHinkles_1-240x140.jpg)
![The future of Shetland Wool Week beyond this year had been in some doubt.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rsz_screen_shot_2017-07-05_at_170612-240x140.jpg)
![UK energy and industry minister Richard Harrington.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/richard_harrington_1-240x140.jpg)
![Whalsay pelagic trawler the Adenia. Photo: Mark Berry.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170212_Adenia_MarkBerry-240x140.jpg)
![Musician and songwriter Jenny Sturgeon, who recently moved to Shetland. Photo: Shetland News/Neil Riddell.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_3794_1-240x140.jpg)
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![Shetland's archers in action during the NatWest Island Games in Gotland on Tuesday. Photo: Maurice Staples.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/P6276319_1-240x140.jpg)
![Willy Mason, accompanied by Siobhan Wilson on cello, delivered something of a songwriting masterclass at the Lerwick Legion on Monday night. Photo: Steven Johnson.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Willy_Mason-23-240x140.jpg)
![Team Shetland at the opening ceremony in Jersey two years ago.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/150627_Team_Shetland_walks_in-240x140.jpg)
![Members of the Swan Trust receiving a cheque for £3,000 from Aith pupils earlier this week. Photo courtesy of the Swan Trust.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170524_17_2-240x140.jpg)
![Sarah Gardiner, pictured with her boyfriend Rob Kirkpatrick, was caught up in the Manchester Arena terrorist attack.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_2748-240x140.jpg)
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![The SNP's Northern Isles candidate Miriam Brett and Mhairi Black, a high-profile party figure who became the UK's youngest MP since 1832 two years ago, pictured outside the Shetland Museum and Archives before Tuesday night's Q&A sessions. Photo: Shetland News/Neil Riddell](/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/170516_Miriam_Brett__Mhairi_Black_MP-240x140.jpg)
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