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Travel and accommodation costs for locums ‘extortionate’
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![The Scottish Land Fund has granted more than £47,000 towards community ownership of there Auld Skul in South Nesting.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/180222_Auld_Skul_South_Nesting-240x140.jpg)
![Award winning chef Gary Maclean: 'blown away' by the quality of local produce.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/180222_national_chef_Gary_MacleanJPG-240x140.jpg)
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![Scottish sports minister Aileen Campbell (left) was in Shetland earlier this month to launch the scheme. She is pictured here with council convener Malcolm Bell and members of the Lerwick Swim Team Adam Miller, Lauren Sandison and Kayla Manson. Photo: SIC](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/180202_Aileen_Campbell_Malcolm_Bell_Lerwick_Swim_Team_Weights-240x140.jpg)
![All quiet at Lerwick Fire Station. Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/180220_Fire_station_Lerwick-240x140.jpg)
![Buses in Shetland will soon be fitted with a new smart ticketing system. Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/bus_at_viking_Photo_Hans_Marter-240x140.jpg)
![Scottish Sea Farms have now said they will invest £800,000 into implementing sealice shields. Image: SFF](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/180221_SFF_sealice_shield-240x140.jpg)
![An aerial view of the Knab site. Photo courtesy of Shetland Islands Council.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Aerial_view_-_Knab_Site-240x140.jpg)
![Sheep numbers across Scotland could halve according to Scotland's Rural College. Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/170210_Shetland_sheep_on_Nesting_road-240x140.jpg)
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![NHS Shetland chief executive Ralph Roberts.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/180119_Ralph_Roberts_NHS-240x140.jpg)
![Salmon farming is a major industry in rural Shetland. Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/130508_laxfirth_salmon_farm-240x140.jpg)
![Young soldier Jordan Campbell.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/180219_Jordan_Campbell-240x140.jpg)
![Lerwick North councillor Steven Leask making a point at Saturday night's Althing debate. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/180217_Althing-240x140.jpg)
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![Uyeasound guizer jarl Paul Thomson watching his family boat going up in flames. Photo: Kevin Osborn](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/180216_PaulThomson-240x140.jpg)
![At loggerheads: northern isles constituency MSPs Tavish Scott and Liam McArthur and SNP Highlands and Islands MSP Maree Todd.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/180216_Taviah_Liam__Maree-240x140.png)
![There was some good singing when the jarl squad visited Urafirth primary school on Friday morning. Photo: Kevin Osborne](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/180216_Northmavine1-240x140.jpg)
![An islander aircraft in front of the hangar at Tingwall Airport. Photo: SIC](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Britten_Norman_Islander_aircraft-240x140.jpg)
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![Scalloway Harbour from above. Photo: SIC/John Coutts](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Scalloway_Harbour_aerial_view-240x140.jpg)
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![A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling (Anne Lovell?), about 1526-28, oil on oak will be on display at the Shetland Museum as of 4 May. Photo: The National Gallery, London. Bought with contributions from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and The Art Fund and Mr J. Paul Getty Jnr (through the American Friends of the National Gallery, London), 1992](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/180215_Holbein_painting-240x140.jpg)
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![Lerwick Town Hall.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Lerwick_townhall-240x140.jpg)
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![Councillor Alastair Cooper.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1309_1_small-240x140.jpg)
![A picture from Islesburgh Drama Group's performance of On Golden Pond in 2017. Photo: Austin Taylor](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/170328_On_Golden_Pond-240x140.jpg)
![The council has received new recycling bins ready for distribution to households. Photo courtesy of SIC.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Recycling_collection_bins_02-240x140.jpg)
![Whalsay (pictured) and Aith schools already enjoy an early finish on Friday afternoons.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/whalsay_school-240x140.jpg)
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