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![The pilot whale stranded at Basta Voe, on Yell, on Thursday afternoon. Photo: Iona Newton](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170727_stranded_pilot_whale_Photo_Iona_Newton-240x140.jpg)
![Shetland's polycrubs are a common sight locally, but now they've made their way to the Falkland Islands. Photo courtesy of Polycrub](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170727_Polycrub-240x140.png)
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![Shetland Fudge Company's Magnus and Nicola Johnston are behind the new venture. Photo: Chris Cope/Shetland News](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170727_Island_Larder-240x140.jpg)
![Members of Shetland's weight training club helped move the restored Oceanic lifeboat - Photos: Shetland Amenity Trust](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170726_Strongmen_shift_lifeboat2-240x140.jpg)
![These two striped dolphins were spotted in Scalloway harbour in October last year. Photo: Austin Taylor](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/161024_Striped_dolphins_in_Scalloway_harbour__Austin_Taylor-240x140.jpg)
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![A bull orca off Hillswick late last week. Photo: Shetland Wildlife.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/a_bull_orca_off_Hillswick_july_2017-240x140.jpg)
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![The site contains three listed buildings. Photo courtesy of Shetland Islands Council.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/AHS_Knab_Site_-_July_2017_-_01-240x140.jpg)
![The Daroja leaving Shetland way back in November 2010. Photo: Ian Leask.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Daroja_Nov10-240x140.jpg)
![The Relay for Life in Shetland has raised over £1 million for Cancer Research UK.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/150923_Relay_For_Life-240x140.jpg)
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![Jim Nicolson's spectacular photo.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/jim_nicolson_killer_whale-240x140.jpg)
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![Jupitus shared the news on his Twitter page, which has over 200,000 followers.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rsz_1rsz_screen_shot_2017-07-24_at_114729-240x140.jpg)
![Pheona Horne, Loki the dog, Lerwick station manager Graham Reid and Tricia Brown. Photo: Chris Brown.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cb24-07-17_NIK_6617_1-240x140.jpg)
![The recently-refurbished Sumburgh Airport. Photo: HIAL.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sumburgh_airport-240x140.jpg)
![Joe Gray snr during his journey across the length of Britain in the 1930s. Photo: Courtesy of ZMCC](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170724_Joe_Gray_snr_in_the_1930s-240x140.jpg)
![Seumas Mackay winning gold at the Gotland island games. Photo: Shetland Islands Games Association](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/seamus_gold-240x140.jpg)
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![The coastguard is set to form an important part of the new documentary series. Photo: Bristow Helicopters](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170720_Aith_Lifeboat_and_GMCGB_resized-240x140.jpg)
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![NorthLink passenger ferry Hjaltland arriving in Lerwick. Photo: Austin Taylor](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/160327_Hjaltland_arriving_in_LK2-240x140.jpg)
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![Loganair managing director Jonathan Hinkles (third from right) was in Shetland on Monday in an attempt to counter Flybe's PR offensive as the airlines prepare to go head-to-head from September. Photo: BBC Radio Shetland.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/loganair_staff-240x140.jpg)
![Craig Fullerton with his Japanese akita dog Tahni.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dog_and_owner-240x140.jpg)
![The team that successfully herded the pilot whale out of Vidlin Voe (left to right): James Johnson, Pete and Jan Bevington of Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary, Hugh Harrop of Shetland Wildlife, Paul Hunter, Sam Nicolson, Ian White and Ryan Leith - Photo: Tim Stenton/Shetland Wildlife](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170719_pilot_whale_team-240x140.jpg)
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![Rowan Nicolson, 23, from Scalloway has won two awards from QMU.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Rowan_Nicolson2-240x140.jpg)
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![The pilot whale was close to the beach on Tuesday night from where two sea kayakers tried to herd it into deeper waters. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170718_pilot_whale_in_Vidlin_Voe-240x140.jpg)
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![New Lerwick Port Authority chairman Ronnie Gair (centre) with deputy chairman John Henderson (left) and new board member Steven Hutton.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ronnie_gair-240x140.jpg)
![The white sided dolphin was found at the outer side of the breakwater of the Bressay marina.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170718_White_sided_dolphin-240x140.jpg)
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![Eastern Airways' Mathew Herzberg with Flybe's chief executive Christine Ourmieres-Widener and chief revenue officer Vincent Hodder. Photo: Shetland News/Neil Riddell.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_4011-240x140.jpg)
![Phill Jupitus will perform at Mareel in Lerwick on 22 July.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170714_Jupitus-240x140.png)
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