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Date set for helicopter crash hearing

• Inquiry into circumstances surrounding fatal helicopter crash which killed four people off Sumburgh in 2013 moves closer

• The Crown Office says procedural hearings are due to take place next month

• Duncan Munro, Gary McCrossan, Sarah Darnley and George Allison all died when the Super Puma aircraft crashed at Garths Ness

Baltasound school first in isles to be given gold sport award

• Baltasound Junior High School has become the first secondary in Shetland to receive a gold School Sport Award.

• The award recognises the way the school delivers physical education and extra-curricular sport.

• Head teacher says it is a “fantastic achievement” that all the pupils should be proud of.

Woman who served as drugs mule receives 16 month sentence

• Woman who served as drugs mule begins 16 month prison sentence after concealing Class A drugs worth more than £5,000

• Violet Robertson is handed the custodial term after being concerned in the supply of cocaine and heroin

• She was found out at the NorthLink ferry terminal and in June this year

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