![Jan and Pete Bevington with their neighbours Anne and Iain Sloan (centre) who made the 500th pledge to support Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170830_500th_pledgers_copy-240x140.jpg)
Wildlife sanctuary celebrates after reaching fundraising goal
![Jan and Pete Bevington with their neighbours Anne and Iain Sloan (centre) who made the 500th pledge to support Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170830_500th_pledgers_copy-240x140.jpg)
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![Saltfishforty duo Brian Cromarty and Douglas Montgomery on the cover of their new album Bere.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Bere_Hi-res_cover-240x140.jpg)
![The extended Dales Voe pier has already received the first oil installation for decommissioning. Photo: John Coutts/LPA](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170829_Dales_Voe-Buchan_Alpha_small-240x140.jpg)
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![Headline act Vantage Point were a hit. Frontman Murray Graham gets involved with the crowd. Photo: Steven Johnson.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/HMB_2017-5_1-240x140.jpg)
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![Ability Shetland team leader Stephanie Bain. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170505_Stephanie_Bain-240x140.jpg)
![James Morton pictured during his appearance on The Great British Bake Off in 2012, which saw him hit the spotlight.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/121016_james_morton-240x140.jpg)
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![Eight members of Fiddle collective Hjaltibonhoga (pictured) will attend the event. Photo: Kevin Osborn](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170824Hjalti-240x140.jpg)
![The Super Puma helicopter which ditched into the sea just over four years ago.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/130824_ditched_helicopter3-240x140.jpg)
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![The Ocean Way crew arriving at Lerwick back in March. Photo: Shetland News/Chris Cope.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170303_Ocean_Way_crew_arriving_at_Lerwick-240x140.jpg)
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![Professor Phil Scraton will be heading to Shetland for this year's Screenplay.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Prof_Phil_Scraton-240x140.jpg)
![Shetland CAB service manager Karen Eunson.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/150211_CAB_service_manager_Karen_Eunson_2-240x140.jpg)
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![Back, L to R: Jeff Merrifield, Gordon Thomson, Irvine Tait, Robbie Pearson, Jim Mainland, Averil Simpson, Hilary Benn, Donald Murray, Susan Bowie, George Smith. Front: Johan Adamson, Karen Fraser, Robina Barton. Photo: Stewart Hay.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170818_Labour-240x140.jpg)
![Dairy manager Gerry Byers.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/141217_Gerry_Byers-240x140.jpg)
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![With the building nearing completion, plans are being made to move pupils into the new school in late October. Photo courtesy of Shetland Islands Council.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/new_ahs_16.8.17-240x140.jpg)
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![The creel boat Sadie Joan being taken under tow by the Lerwick lifeboat.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170816_Sadie_Joan_1-240x140.jpg)
![Shetland's monkeyflower is larger than the typical monkeyflower and its flowers are more open. Photos: University of Stirling](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170816_Shetland_Monkeyflower-2-240x140.jpg)
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![Members of the Lerwick Lifeboat crew accepting George and Wilma Miller's generous golden wedding gesture.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Millers_Golden_Wedding_Donation-240x140.jpg)
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