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![Alex Salmond arrived too late to meet the famous Shetland ponies Fivla and Vitamin in their Fair Isle jumpers, but knitwear designer Doreen Brown provided the perfect substitutes - all photos: Malcolm Younger](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/130724_Alex_Salmond_with_Doreen_Brown-240x140.jpg)
![The repair of the east extension of the Sumburgh airport runway could cost as much as £12 million - Photo: ShetNews](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/est_extension_of_Sumburgh_runway-240x140.jpg)
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![Silver dirham of the time of Al-Mustakfi as Imam al-Haqq, with Abu Hasan Muhammad; Arab (Abbasid), minted at Baghdad (945-6), found at Skaill. Photo National Museums Scotland](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/130723_skaill_hoard_1-240x140.jpg)
![Shetland Turf Accountants where the robbery attempt took place - Photo: ShetNews](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Shetland_Turf_Accountants-240x140.jpg)
![Guillimots at Sumburgh Head in June this year - Photo: Hans J Marter/ShetNews](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/130722_Guillimots_at_Sumburgh_Head_in_June_this_year_--240x140.jpg)
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![Christine Mclean at Thursday's town centre criterium.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/130719_Christine_Maclean-240x140.jpg)
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![Andrea Strachan with her gold and silver medals won on Wednesday night.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/130718_Andrea_Strachan-240x140.jpg)
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![Biology day: Morven Davies and Bronagh Goodlad search for the presence of starch and DNA in samples.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo12-240x140.jpg)
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