Lord Hamilton . The Pursuers own and publish The Shetland Times , a newspaper which carried local national and international news. The second defenders provide a news reporting service and trade under the name The Shetland News . The first defender is the managing director of the second defenders. In The Shetland Times there appear news items comprising texts under relative headlines.
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In the issue of The Shetland Times printed on Friday, 11th October 1996, there appeared an item, running to several paragraphs, concerning financial difficulties about the Fraser Peterson Centre in Shetland. A number of other items also appeared in that issue, each under a relative headline. The Internet is a world-wide electronic system used for the exchange of information. Such information may include advertising material. Information is accessed through computers in conjunction with the telephone system.