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Broadband mostly restored
![The 'ditch witch', which used microcutting technology to lay the fibre optic cable between Lerwick and Sandwick. Photo: Shetland Telecom](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ditch_witch-240x140.jpg)
![The Harbour Fish and Chip Shop at Harrison Square in Lerwick. Photo: Shetnews/Chris Cope](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/harbour_chippy_pic-240x140.jpg)
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![The new Kjol beer, developed by Lerwick Brewery in conjunction with the University of the Highlands and Islands.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kjol_3shot_keel_-_Copy-240x140.jpg)
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![Happy together. The Simpson family Gordon, Neive, Bradley and Leona relieved after their ordeal on Saturday when you Bradley disappeared for six hours, sparking a huge search. Photo Malcolm Younger/Millgaet Media](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/150614_the_simpsons-240x140.jpg)
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![Salvation Army corps officer Angela Nunn and part time worker David Grieve at the North Road food bank last December, since when demand has grown "massively". Photo Shetnews](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/food_bank_david_grieve__angela_nunn-730x445-240x140.jpg)
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![The swimming pool at the West Mainland Leisure Centre in Aith. Photo: SRT](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mg_6127_filtered-w960-h600-240x140.jpg)
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![Hatchery manager Jon Walden feeding some of the just hatched salmon smolts - Photo: Hans J Marter/ShetNews](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/150611_John_Walden-240x140.jpg)
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![The harbour tug Knab is taken Fivla back to Lerwick - Photos: John Bateson](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/150611_Fivla_towed1-240x140.jpg)
![Loganair chief executive Stewart Adams has agreed to meet campaigners calling for fairer flight prices.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/130115Stewart_Adams_Loganair-240x140.jpg)
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![The Scandi Sessions fiddlers, a group put together by tutors Eunice Henderson and Debbie Scott, on stage at Islesburgh on Monday night. Photo: Dale Smith](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/MG_3537_WEB-240x140.jpg)
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![Alistair Carmichael MP outside his constituency offie in Lerwick - Photo: ShetNews](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/141128_Alistair_Carmichael_MP-240x140.jpg)
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![The signing of the memorandum of understanding between Vattenfall, Shetland Islands Council and Shetland Charitable Trust in November 2011.. From Left to right : Katrina Wiseman HIE, Veijo Huusko Vattenfall, Bill Manson, the chairman of SCT; and Alistair Cooper, SIC - Photo: Malcolm Younger/Millgaet Media/HIE](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/vattenfall-partnership-signing-240x140.jpg)
![The Scottish Ensemble was last in Shetland in summer of 2013 - Photo: Scottish Ensemble](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/150609_Scottish_Ensemble-240x140.jpg)
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