![Jen Stout, third from right, was highly commended in the online category of Refugee Festival Scotland's 2016 media awards.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/jen_award-240x140.jpg)
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![Jen Stout, third from right, was highly commended in the online category of Refugee Festival Scotland's 2016 media awards.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/jen_award-240x140.jpg)
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![HMS Somerset initially anchored off Gulberwick and Quarff before coming in to Lerwick Harbour at midday on Friday - Photo: Austin Taylor](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/160617_HMS_Somerset-240x140.jpg)
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![The fUnion flag flies at half mast over Lerwick Town Hall in honour of murdered MP Jo Cox. Photo SIC](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DSCF2348_edit-240x140.jpg)
![Cod: one of the choke species likely to pose a considerable threat to fishermen in the event of a discard ban.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/maxresdefault-240x140.jpg)
![The Red Dragon monster truck: in Shetland this weekend for some car crushing.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/160617_Monster_truck-240x140.jpg)
![The Shetland winners Regazza at this week's Young Enterprise Scottish finals (from left): Centre lead Chris Grant, Gillian Sinclair, Sophie Kennerley, Dana Watt, Megan Leslie, Sophie Moar, Kirsten Isbister and business adviser Robbie McGregor.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_20160615_182210-240x140.jpg)
![Shetland Islands Council want people to fill in the blanks about their feelings about living in Shetland today.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ukshetland-240x140.gif)
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![Brother Phap Vu.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/160616_Brother_Phap_Vu-240x140.jpg)
![Muckle Roe Chapel. Photo: Brian Gray](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Muckle_Roe_-_Shetland-240x140.jpg)
![Isles Haven Nursery, situated at the Old Infants School on Lerwick's King Harald Street, was rated "very good" by inspectors. Photo: Shetnews](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DSC_3004-240x140.jpg)
![Daisy Leask, who earlier this year made a public complaint about mental health services, has been appointed to NHS Shetland's board.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Daisy_Leask-240x140.jpg)
![Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/141128_Alistair_Carmichael_small-240x140.jpg)
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![Highly rated American singer songwriter Gretchen Peters.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016GPphoto-240x140.jpg)
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![Glasgow collective Fat-Suit on stage in Lerwick. Photo: Chris Brown](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cb_10-06-16_NIK_6715-240x140.jpg)
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![Now of the works of "art" created by Shetland school pupils for the Bonhoga exhibition.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/THE_ART_WORLD-240x140.jpg)
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![A screenshot of the Shetland office Supplies website.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/160609_screenshot_SOS-240x140.png)
![The 1930 drophead Rolls Royce 2025 - Photo: Maurice Mullay](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/160609_1930_drophead_Rolls_Royce_2025-240x140.jpg)
![The Princess Royal (front row - third from left) with NLB commissioners on Out Skerries last Friday - Photo: NLB](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/160608_Princess_Royal-240x140.jpg)
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![Erraid Davies winning a bronze medal in August 2014 - Photo: Ian MacNicol](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/140726_erraid_winning_bronze_Photo_Ian_MacNicol-240x140.jpg)
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![The Anderson High School construction site this week - Photo: Chris Cope/ShetNews](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/160608_new_AHS-240x140.jpg)
![Passengers on the ferry Horsey could witness an exercise involving the lifeboat and the Coastguard helicopter - Photo: Mark Berry](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/160604_Lerwick_lifeboat_open_day-240x140.jpg)
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![Ian Shearer (centre) receiving his award from Caroline Hepburn of the NAFC Marine Centre. Also in the photo are (from left) Christopher Irvine, Malcolm Reid, Davie Shearer and Leslie Tait. Photo: NAFC](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/160606_Ian_Shearer_-_prizegiving-240x140.jpg)
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![Miracle skipper Matusz Cwiklinske (left) with fellow Polish sailor leaving Scalloway after their rescue on Thursday.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/160602_chris_cope_4-240x140.jpg)
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