![This year's Lerwick UHA Guizer Jarl Mark Evans. The Althing will ask "whether it's time gender equality reached Lerwick Up Helly Aa". Photo: Shetnews/Hans J. Marter](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160126_Mark_Evans-240x140.jpg)
Althing to debate Lerwick UHA and gender equality
![This year's Lerwick UHA Guizer Jarl Mark Evans. The Althing will ask "whether it's time gender equality reached Lerwick Up Helly Aa". Photo: Shetnews/Hans J. Marter](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160126_Mark_Evans-240x140.jpg)
![A group of mostly Syrian refugees arriving in the Greek island of Lesvos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey. Photo: UNHCR](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/rsz_screen_shot_2016-03-08_at_104133-240x140.jpg)
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![David Brown](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160304_david_brown_c-240x140.jpg)
![Shetland's successful young trad trio Mike Laurenson, Anya Johnston and Jodie Smith.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fjanna_3-240x140.jpg)
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![Blogging gardener Liam Anderson](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Liam_Anderson-240x140.jpg)
![Lerwick chef David Brown was last seen on Wednesday afternoon, thought to be leaving Shetland on the ferry riding his red BMW motorbike.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160304_david_brown_c-240x140.jpg)
![Klaus Klock from the Motor Sports Club of Sernatingen in Germany with his 1972 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Cabrio, which he will be bringing to Shetland in June.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1972_Volkswagen_Karmann_Ghia_Cabrio___K._Klock-240x140.jpg)
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![The Unthanks are coming to Mareel in May. Photo: Sarah Mason](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/The_Unthanks_-_by_Sarah_Mason_1_portrait_crop-240x140.jpg)
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![SNP candidate Danus Skene is recovering from a serious illness.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/150224_Danus_Skene_mugshot-240x140.jpg)
![Fair Isle on a fine summer's day - Photo: ShetNews](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/140630_Fair_Isle_small-240x140.jpg)
![From left to right: Hamish Stalker, Catriona Gilbertson, Rachel Dorrat and Ellis Smith.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Pictured_left_to_right_-_Hamish_Stalker_Catriona_Gilbertson_Rachel_Dorrat_Ellis_Smith-240x140.jpg)
![Scotland's national poet, Liz Lochhead, will appear at Shetland Library on Tuesday.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Liz_Lochhead_-_Makar-240x140.jpg)
![Transport minister Derek Mackay joins Loganair chairman David harrison in the newly refurbished Saab 340 - Photos: Loganair](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160229_Mackay__Harrison-240x140.jpg)
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![Jean Urquhart: 'EU citizens they to be treated as lesser citizens' - Photo: ShetNews](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/140919_Jean_Urquhart-240x140.jpg)
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![Artist Lois Walpole with one of her 'Weaving Ghosts' creations at Da Gadderie.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12573882_938976166178863_4555541193827422906_n-240x140.jpg)
![Bluemull Sound ferry Bigga berthing at Gutcher, which had to be dredged last year to avoid damaging stern gear.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Bigga_at_Gutcher-240x140.jpg)
![The Solan rig west of Shetland, which will be unmanned after its first year of operation.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/emerson1-1411off-240x140.jpg)
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![The Shetland football team in action at the 2015 Island Games in Jersey.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160224_Shetland_football_team-240x140.jpg)
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![Fromseier Hockings, the final visiting act confirmed for this year's Shetland Folk Festival.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Fromseier_Hockings_2-240x140.jpg)
![The Shetland Gas Plant before the first gas was received in February. Photo: Total.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160224_Shetland_Gas_Plant-240x140.jpg)
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![Attending today’s Confucius launch (from left) were SIC global learning coordinators Brian Spence and Lewie Peterson; CISS deputy director Fan Lin; SIC convener Malcolm Bell; Chinese Edinburgh vice consul Zhang Huazhong; Sandwick Junior High School head teacher Stuart Clubb; Mandarin Chinese teacher Ying Zhang and CISS director Ping Ma. Photo courtesy of SIC.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Confucius_Hub_01-240x140.jpg)
![The road closure caused lengthy tailbacks in Voe on Tuesday afternoon.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG-20160223-WA0001-240x140.jpg)
![MSP John Finnie.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/150924_John_Finnie_MSP-e1548964356500-240x140.jpg)
![The emergency towing vessel Herakles.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/herakles_tug-240x140.jpg)
![BBC Ten Pieces' event for primary pupils in March last year, featuring Shetland Community Orchestra, is to be reprised for secondary pupils next month.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ten_pieces.jpg-240x140.png)
![One of Loganair's Saab 2000 aircrafts - Photo: Loganair](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/160222_Saab_2000_Non-240x140.jpg)
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