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![Flying no more. An Islander aircraft operated by Direct Flight for Shetland Islands Council touches down on Scotland's shortest runway.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Touchin_down_in_Skerries._edited-1-240x140.jpg)
![Loganair say their new engineering recruits will be fully trained and the Glasgow spares department fully equipped next year.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/loganair-240x140.jpg)
![Lucy Spraggan and her guitar in the woods.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Untitled-240x140.png)
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![The Faroese supertrawler Kristian I Grotinum detained in Lerwick last November. Photo Ian Leask](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/141109_Kristian_I_Grotinum_detained-240x140.jpg)
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![Tavish Scott MSP has condemned Westminster for backing military action in Syria as a "terrible decision".](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/unimpressed_tavish-240x140.jpg)
![Hillswick Shop manageress Sheila Tulloch filling up while fuel is cheap. Photo ShetNews](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_0557-240x140.jpg)
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![another deep low will bring force nine southwesterly wind on Friday night.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/141006__Hrossey_leaving-240x140.jpg)
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![From left to right: John Wood, Lauren White, Gonzalo Medina, Caroline Wood, Julie Moncrieff, Tamar Moncrieff and Grant Wood.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/CaffeVolare01122015_3523_opt-240x140.jpg)
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![SNP Shetland candidate Danus Skene has come out against David Cameron's proposal to extend air strikes against Islamic State into Syria.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/150224_Danus_Skene_small-240x140.jpg)
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![Ten year old Aron Anderson, Skerries' lone primary school pupil.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/aron_anderson-240x140.jpg)
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![MP Alistair Carmichael: Lib Dems will back Syria air strikes in the House of Commons on Wednesday.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/141128_Alistair_Carmichael_small-240x140.jpg)
![The Beryl was fishing 21 miles northwest of Shetland when the accident happened - Photo: Ian Leask](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/150210_Beryl_IanLeask-240x140.jpg)
![The Norröna on one of her rare stops in Lerwick in recent years, in 2012. Photo: John Bateson](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norrona-090512-240x140.jpg)
![SNP candidate Danus Skene says the government is committed to giving Shetland Islands Council a fairer ferries deal. Photo: Shetnews/Neil Riddell](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/150323_bressay_ferry_and_terminal-240x140.jpg)
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![MV Gemini leaving Scalloway following a year-long stay on Tuesday morning. Photo: Saro Saravanan](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/3-240x140.jpg)
![The Sullom Voe harbour tug Bonxie steaming past Whalsay on Saturday afternoon - Photo: Ivan Reid](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/151201_Bonxie-240x140.jpg)
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![Climate change at the Co-op](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/climate_change_co-op-240x140.jpg)
![Flybe should be sending someone to Shetland to defend its reputation, according to councillor Alastair Cooper.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/saab_340_photo_loganair-240x140.jpg)
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![The Market Cross christmas tree waits to be lit up. Photo Chris Brown](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/christmas_tree-240x140.jpg)
![Islands minister Derek Mackay says the case must be made for island innovation zones.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Derek-Mackay-240x140.jpg)
![Harry Jamieson would have been proud. (Left to right) Christena Irvine (Living Lerwick manager), Dawn Siegel (N-Graved Shetland), Caroline Carroll (Harry’s), Steve Mathieson (Living Lerwick vice chair), Cynthia Adamson (Living Lerwick chair), Stewart Jamieson (Harry’s), Ryan Jamieson (Bridges Project), Asa Tulloch (Bridges) and William White (Bridges).](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/planters_group_copy-240x140.jpg)
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![The coastguard ETV Herakles could leave northern waters if the MCA fails to renew its £10 million contract next year.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/herakles_tug-240x140.jpg)
![The Brent Charlie platform is currently shut down due to a power failure on Thursday. Photo Calum Fraser](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1197910-240x140.jpg)
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![Will there have to be another fight to keep the MCA emergency towing vessel Herakles in northern waters. Photo Shetland Coastguard](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ETV-Herakles-240x140.jpg)
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