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Ballet show to head north
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![Swimmer Andrea Strachan, pictured at the 2015 Island Games, met with the sports minister to press Shetland athletes' case for travel assistance.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/150629_Andrea_Strachan-240x140.jpg)
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![All-terrain wheelchairs would make it easier for people with disabilities to enjoy some of Shetland's wilder attractions, such as the cliffs at Eshaness. Photo: Shetland News/Neil Riddell.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IMG_4811-240x140.jpg)
![The last jet left Sumburgh for Aberdeen on Sunday evening about an hour behind schedule. Photo: Ivan Reid](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180107_Last_jet_leaving_Shetland-240x140.jpg)
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![Cunningsburgh crofter Hazel Mackenzie is lobbying for a new farming policy](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180105_Hazel_Mackenzie-e1539521672301-240x140.jpg)
![All pelagic businesses in the sample reported high dependency. Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/170808_Shetland_Catch_factory-240x140.jpg)
![Loganair chief executive Jonathan Hinkles: 'successful transition from franchise partner to operating under our own brand'. Photo: Loganair](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180104_JonathanHinkles-240x140.jpg)
![Both cars were severely damaged in the crash. Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/171228_Fladdabister_crash-240x140.jpg)
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![Chris Brown took this photograph of the junction at around 10.15am on Friday morning.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cb_22-12-17_IMG_0020-240x140.jpg)
![Food left on the Buchan Alpha platform has been given to the foodbank. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_1812edit_2-240x140.jpg)
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