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Boat sinks off Shetland coast as RNLI scrambled to early-morning rescue: The early morning call out saved all the men aboard
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Boat sinks off Shetland coast as RNLI scrambled to early-morning rescue
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Former Shetland teacher found guilty of molesting six boys in classroom: Stephen Tait, a former teacher at Bell's Brae Primary School in Shetland ...
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Former Shetland teacher found guilty of molesting six boys in classroom
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Photos: The Up Helly Aa Viking Fire Festival: Images of the annual fire festival held in the Shetland Islands, from the past 20 years.
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Photos: The Up Helly Aa Viking Fire Festival
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'It's inevitable a woman will become Jarl': One of Up Helly Aa's first female guizers hails 2024's history-making Jarl Squad
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'It's inevitable a woman will become Jarl': One of Up Helly ...
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Man appears in Shetland court accused of murdering 24-year-old Claire Leveque: A 39 year-old man faced a charge of murder when he appeared in private at Lerwick ...
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Man appears in Shetland court accused of murdering 24-year-old Claire ...
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Perfect property for Shetland fans hits market as home on Jimmy Perez's street goes on sale
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Perfect property for Shetland fans hits market as home on Jimmy ...
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Up Helly Aa revellers stranded in Shetland due to severe weather: A number of people who were visiting Shetland for Up Helly aa are now stranded on the island ...
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Up Helly Aa revellers stranded in Shetland due to severe weather
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Up Helly Aa: Fully booked Shetland businesses ready for tourism boom: Shetland businesses are bracing for the Up Helly Aa festival, which could see the ...
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Up Helly Aa: Fully booked Shetland businesses ready for tourism boom
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An annual fire festival in Shetland is to have women involved in its “jarl squad” for the first time. Lerwick Up Helly Aa is held on the last Tuesday of ... Show more
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Record ferry and cruise passengers boost port business in Lerwick: Bosses at Lerwick harbour are celebrating a record year for Shetland's main port ...
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Record ferry and cruise passengers boost port business in Lerwick
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Lerwick, the capital of Shetland, pictured on this day in 2007
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Up Helly Aa: Shetland's Viking festival 'Jarl Squad' includes female participants for first time
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Up Helly Aa: Shetland's Viking festival 'Jarl Squad' includes female ...
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Did you hear the Viking battle cry echo through the streets of Lerwick last night? ⚔️ Up Helly Aa is a sight to behold, watch the burning of the galley here ... Show more
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Up to £203k of cocaine and cannabis seized from car at Lerwick ferry terminal: Police recovered up to £203,000 of cocaine and cannabis from a vehicle at a ferry ...
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Up to £203k of cocaine and cannabis seized from car at Lerwick ferry ...
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Video. Viking Boat in Flames: Celebrating Norse Heritage: Video. In the Shetland Islands, in the capital Lerwick, residents this week set a replica of a Viking ...
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Video. Viking Boat in Flames: Celebrating Norse Heritage
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The Adventures of Tommy: Meet Lerwick's famous fundraising cat: Tommy the cat, who is a local celebrity in Lerwick with an impressive internet following ...
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The Adventures of Tommy: Meet Lerwick's famous fundraising cat
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Two charged after £37,000 of heroin recovered at ferry terminal in Shetland: Officers recovered the drugs from a vehicle in Lerwick on Sunday.
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Two charged after £37,000 of heroin recovered at ferry terminal in ...
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"A 'great small town to experience' for travellers who are looking for 'a quieter and more authentic winter experience'."trib.al/YEO6ule
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Shetland businessman loves nine holes of golf before breakfast: Every Monday, we ask small businesses key questions. Here we speak to David Nicol ...
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Shetland businessman loves nine holes of golf before breakfast
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84-year-old man who died after Christmas Day car crash named: Harry Johnson from Bixter died in hospital in Lerwick following the collision.
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84-year-old man who died after Christmas Day car crash named
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Roof blown off Shetland Hotel as 80mph Storm Gerrit winds cause destruction: Yellow warnings for wind, snow and rain were in place across most of Scotland on ...
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Roof blown off Shetland Hotel as 80mph Storm Gerrit winds cause ...
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Lerwick Port chief hails Rosebank hub investment as 'huge boost' for Shetland
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Lerwick Port chief hails Rosebank hub investment as 'huge boost' ...
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Scottish Sea Farms completes £2.5 million factory refit in Lerwick: Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) has completed a £2.5 million refit at its salmon processing factory ...
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Scottish Sea Farms completes £2.5 million factory refit in Lerwick
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Lerwick lifeboat crew rescues stranded fishing vessel in 18-HOUR shout during Storm Babet
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Lerwick lifeboat crew rescues stranded fishing vessel in 18-HOUR shout ...
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Lerwick port bosses hail most successful cruise season yet: It was a record-breaking cruise season at Lerwick harbour with yachts and Tall Ships all playing a ...
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Lerwick port bosses hail most successful cruise season yet
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Shetlander is third-strongest woman in the world after pulling four-tonne lorry 65ft in just 26 seconds
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Shetlander is third-strongest woman in the world after pulling four-tonne ...
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Huge cruise ship makes impressive sight in Lerwick harbour: Lerwick welcomed its largest cruise ship of the year at the weekend. Norwegian Getaway is on a 16-day ...
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Huge cruise ship makes impressive sight in Lerwick harbour
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Magnificent tall ships start to arrive in Lerwick ahead of the 2023 races: Magnificent tall ships have started arriving at Lerwick's Holmsgarth Pier in ...
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Magnificent tall ships start to arrive in Lerwick ahead of the 2023 races
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Missing spaniel reunites with 'very happy' owner after Lerwick rescue: A lost spaniel was found in the water in Shetland during the Tall Ships event in ...
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Missing spaniel reunites with 'very happy' owner after Lerwick ...
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Missing spaniel reunites with 'very happy' owner after Lerwick rescue: A lost spaniel was found in the water in Shetland during the Tall Ships event in ...
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Missing spaniel reunites with 'very happy' owner after Lerwick ...
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Lerwick RNLI rescues diver reported missing off coast of Bressay: A missing diver who had been in the water for some time was rescued off the coast of Bressay by ...
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Lerwick RNLI rescues diver reported missing off coast of Bressay
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For those not lucky enough to have secured a ticket to the Tall Ships Races’ dock in Lerwick, The Herald will be hosting a live stream which will take viewers ... Show more
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'We’re not talking weeks, it could be months if not years that some people could be on it while they wait for a decision through the broken immigration system ... Show more
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Princess Anne to visit Tall Ships in Lerwick: The Princess Royal. Princess Anne is expected to visit the Tall Ships in Shetland as they sail into the islands ...
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Princess Anne to visit Tall Ships in Lerwick
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Lerwick is anticipating thousands of visitors coming to take advantage of everything the festival has to offer. Here's what can be expected from the four-day ... Show more
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Indonesian and Swedish ships en route to Lerwick arrived in the city’s harbour on Friday morning.i.stv.tv/44TpgN9
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Lerwick lifeboat launched to aid yacht minutes before start of Shetland Races: Lerwick Lifeboat was launched to aid a yacht taking part in the Shetland Races ...
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Lerwick lifeboat launched to aid yacht minutes before start of Shetland ...
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Next week (26-29 July) Lerwick will play host to a weekend of international music and culture and welcome some of the world's most spectacular seafaring ... Show more
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Island sheriff court trials moved to mainland: Problems with staffing the prisoner escort service has led to jury trials at island sheriff courts being moved to ...
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Island sheriff court trials moved to mainland
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Scottish islands jury trials moved to mainland amid court ‘staffing issues’: Trials which would have called at the likes of Stornoway, Lerwick and Kirkwall will ...
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Scottish islands jury trials moved to mainland amid court ‘staffing ...
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Dream holiday ruined when passenger on cruise near Shetland evacuated to hospital for 'sprain'
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Dream holiday ruined when passenger on cruise near Shetland evacuated to ...
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Pubs given green light to stay open late during Tall Ships: Around 16 extra police officers are due to be drafted in to Shetland from the mainland for the event.
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Pubs given green light to stay open late during Tall Ships
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Board to discuss if pubs can open until 3am during Tall Ships Races: The Tall Ships Races – which came to Shetland previously in 1999 and 2011 – will visit ...
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Board to discuss if pubs can open until 3am during Tall Ships Races
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Man charged following £7,000 drugs seizure at four properties on Shetland: A man has been charged after police recovered £7,000 worth of heroin and cocaine at ...
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Man charged following £7,000 drugs seizure at four properties on Shetland
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Man charged after thousands of pounds worth of drugs and cash recovered: A 60-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the recovery.
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Man charged after thousands of pounds worth of drugs and cash recovered
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Up Helly Aa: Shetland ready for first festival with women in squads: Thousands of people are gathering for the main Up Helly Aa fire festival in Shetland ...
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Up Helly Aa: Shetland ready for first festival with women in squads
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🔥 After a long three-year wait, the people of Lerwick made sure Up Helly Aa returned with a bang.

Excitement among the crowd and guizers was evident ... Show more

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The Viking festival "Up Helly Aa" took place again on the Shetland Islands last Tuesday. For the first time, women and girls were also allowed to take part ... Show more

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Up Helly Aa: Shetland's big day burns as bright as ever before after long three-year absence
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Up Helly Aa: Shetland's big day burns as bright as ever before after ...
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Up Helly Aa torch-lit procession to be broadcast live online: Promote Shetland has planned live online broadcasts of island fire festival events including the ...
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Up Helly Aa torch-lit procession to be broadcast live online
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Gallery: Our best images from the fiery climax to Up Helly Aa in Shetland: We have selected the best images from our staff photographer Wullie Marr to show the ...
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Gallery: Our best images from the fiery climax to Up Helly Aa in Shetland
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🔥🔥🔥 It’s the countdown to the much anticipated Up Helly Aa in Lerwick.
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Shetlanders explain Up Helly Aa tradition – in the Shaetlan language: THE I Hear Dee language project was formed to protect and promote the Shaetlan language ...
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Shetlanders explain Up Helly Aa tradition – in the Shaetlan language
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Three charged following Shetland break-in and attempted break-in: Three men were arrested and two charged by police following two seperate break ins since Monday ...
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Three charged following Shetland break-in and attempted break-in
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11 pictures as thousands gather at Up Helly Aa fire festival in Shetland: Thousands of people have gathered for the main Up Helly Aa fire festival in Shetland ...
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11 pictures as thousands gather at Up Helly Aa fire festival in Shetland
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Lerwick's 2023 cruise season storms back with 145 ship visits scheduled: More than 100,000 passengers are due to arrive in Lerwick Port in 2023 on 145 ...
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Lerwick's 2023 cruise season storms back with 145 ship visits ...
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Up Helly Aa: Vikings take over the streets of Lerwick in packed morning parade: The Jarl Squad and Up Helly Aa galley for 2023 have been seen by the public for ...
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Up Helly Aa: Vikings take over the streets of Lerwick in packed morning ...
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Gallery: Our best photographs as Up Helly Aa celebrations begin in Lerwick: The best photographs from our photographer Wullie Marr in our dedicated Up Helly Aa ...
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Gallery: Our best photographs as Up Helly Aa celebrations begin in Lerwick
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Women now allowed to participate in Europe's largest fire festival: For the first time in its 142-year history, women and girls will participate in the ...
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Women now allowed to participate in Europe's largest fire festival
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Thousands gathered in the town of Lerwick on the Scottish island of Shetland on Tuesday night to celebrate the #UpHellyAa fire festival ... Show more

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The UK town that would take you a whopping 24 hours to drive to from London: You could instead get a flight from London City Airport, but it would be very ...
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The UK town that would take you a whopping 24 hours to drive to from ...
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Vikings and fire festivals return to Shetland after three-year Covid absence: Fire festivals have returns to Shetland in Scalloway following a three-year break ...
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Vikings and fire festivals return to Shetland after three-year Covid ...
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Up Helly Aa prepares to open their annual Lerwick fire festival to women: This will be a historic year for the event
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Up Helly Aa prepares to open their annual Lerwick fire festival to women
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Shetland shop closes doors after 45 years in business: Shetland's RW Bayes, which specialised in photography, closed its doors for the final time on ...
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Shetland shop closes doors after 45 years in business
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VIDEO : Novelty at the "Fire Festival": Women are allowed to take part in the Viking Festival for the first time
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VIDEO : Novelty at the
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Photos: The Up Helly Aa Viking Fire Festival: Images of the annual fire festival held in the Shetland Islands, from the past 20 years.
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Three Guinea pigs dumped on street corner in bag lined with hay: The animals are believed to have been abandoned by a previous owner and have been taken into the ...
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Three Guinea pigs dumped on street corner in bag lined with hay
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Northern Exposure: How to drive from Cork to the Shetland Islands: In every sense, Shetland proves to be the ultimate highlight, writes Tom Breathnach 
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Northern Exposure: How to drive from Cork to the Shetland Islands
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Northlink ferries to resume services after four days of cancellation: It comes after services were cancelled on November 15 following severe weather conditions.
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Northlink ferries to resume services after four days of cancellation
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Vera author Ann Cleeves loses laptop with draft of new novel in snow: North East crime writer Ann Cleeves is appealing for help after losing a laptop containing ...
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Vera author Ann Cleeves loses laptop with draft of new novel in snow