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Editorial: Losing faith in our service providers
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![One of the photos in the exhibition: Shore by David Sinclair.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/150724_Shore_by_David_Sinclair-240x140.jpg)
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![After a boom in recent years, passenger numbers at Sumburgh have slipped back slightly.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1211_busy_sumburgh_airport-240x140.jpg)
![There was live music - and even some sunshine - at Harrison Square during shopping week.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/harrison_square_north_ness-240x140.jpg)
![The Scalloway pool's opening hours have been extended. Photo: SRT.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/scalloway_pool_SRT_pic-240x140.jpg)
![Sheriff Philip Mann has again been left irritated by G4S's shortcomings.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/G4S-240x140.jpg)
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![Joan Sandison: 'degree will give greater credibility to my role in what is a relatively new service'](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/150721_Joan_Sandison-240x140.jpg)
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![Shetland's strongest man Colin Arthur in action.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/150717_colin_arthur-240x140.png)
![The Quentin Blake's picture of the Big Friendly Giant with a bottle of frobscottle that tends to induce whizzpopping in Roald Dahl's famous book.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/7641_IMAGE_04800435x244104800870x4882481999901466x825248199990733x4131_3330_-240x140.jpg)
![The Shetland gymnasts heading for Ynys Mon this weekend with their sponsor Seafood Shetland's chief executive Ruth Henderson (far right) are: Back (l-r) Julie Grant, Fiona Greive, Hannah Robertson, Sophie Grant, Evie Craigie. Front (l-r) May Young, Mhia Mouat and Arwen Greive.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/shetland_gymnasts-240x140.jpg)
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![The number of breeding puffins on Fair Isle have halved to 10,000 - Photo: ShetNews](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Puffin-240x140.jpg)
![Follow the Vikings project coordinator Helen Smith - Photo: Ria Moncrieff](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/150716_Helen_Smith-240x140.jpg)
![A Bristow helicopter takes off from Scatsta airport taking workers to the North Sea oil fields.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/150423_Scatsta_airport-240x140.jpg)
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