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![MSP Tavish Scott has made separate pleas to end the export of arms to Israel and to clamp down on issuing firearms to police in the Highlands and Islands.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140508_Tavish_in_parliament-240x140.png)
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![The 'Hjaltibonhoga' fiddlers in action at the Military Tattoo in Edinburgh. Photo: Kim Karam](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/fiddlers_at_tattoo-240x140.jpg)
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![Lerwick Town Hall flying at half mast on Monday. Photo: Shetnews](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/town_hall_half_mast-240x140.jpg)
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![Devon Sproule in full flow at the Garrison in August 2012. Photo: Billy Fox](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Devon_Garrison_Billy_Fox-240x140.jpg)
![Protesters marching against cuts to rural education in June. Photo: Shetnews](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140607_cure_march-240x140.jpg)
![Annalie Irvine takes a break from organising racks of clothes for tomorrow's 'Sale for Syria' at Islesburgh. Photo: Shetnews](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/20140801_annalie_irvine_sale_for_syria-240x140.jpg)
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![Tesco's new Lerwick store manager Neil Connell, a company man since the age of 16. Photo: Shetnews](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/20140801_tesco_new_store_manager-240x140.jpg)
![Early risers on board NorthLink would have enjoyed a bird's eye view of the action sailing into Lerwick Harbour on Friday morning. Photo: Austin Taylor](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/austin_taylor_big_tank_pic-240x140.jpg)
![Shetland strongman Dhanni Moar (right) with his coach Bryan Pearson and competitor Rob Frampton.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140801_Dhanni_Moar-240x140.jpg)
![Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael says the UK Government is taking action to make delivery charges fairer.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/130921_Alistair_Carmichael_2-240x140.jpg)
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![The Celebrity Infinity, which arrived in Lerwick Harbour on Thursday. Photo: Shetnews](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/140731_celebrity_infinity-240x140.jpg)
![Lynda Flaws in action down in Glasgow this week. Photo: John Devlin](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lynda_flaws_games_2-240x140.jpg)
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![The Dim Riv broke free and drifted across to Bressay overnight. Photo: Charlie Umphray](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dim_riv_2-240x140.jpg)
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![Lynda Flaws had a successful day in the women's singles. Photo: Austin Taylor](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lynda_flaws-240x140.jpg)
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![Frankie's manager John Gold](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/131001_frankies_john_gold_small-240x140.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter, one of Scotland's leading political correspondents.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iain_macwhirter_cropped-240x140.jpg)
![Vivian Ross-Smith at her Da Gadderie exhibition in February, which was enabled by a Shetland Arts funding award.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/140729_Vivian_Ross-Smith-240x140.jpg)
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![Erraid Davies from Skeld with her Commonwealth Games bronze medal](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/140727_erraid_davies_off_web-240x140.jpg)
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