Unfortunately, in late 1999, the project had to be abandoned due to lack of funds, but was resurrected by Shetland News Agency in March 2003 on the rising tide of interest in the Internet for general news and media information. In April 2007, a complete redesign of the The Shetland News website was completed.

Shetland News Agency is Shetland's only freelance news service. Since its inception, in April 1990, the agency has provided a comprehensive daily news service to the local, national and international media from the UK's most northerly community.

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Shetland News Agency is run jointly by Hans J. Marter, and Pete Bevington.

Hans is from Germany, and moved to Shetland in 1992. He has been reporting from Shetland to the German media market ever since, including the German renewable energy magazine 'Neue Energie'.

He has been the Press & Journal's as well as Grampian TV's (now STV North)) news reporter since 1996 and took over the daily running of Shetland News Agency from Dr. Jonathan Wills, in November 1998.

Hans was editor of the fisheries paper Shetland Seafood News between early 2000 and December 2002.

Contact Hans at:
Phone:  +44 (0)1806 577 332
Fax:      +44 (0)1806 577 399
Mobile: +44 (0)7775 564 513
Email: hans@shetland-news.co.uk 

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Pete moved to Shetland in 1988 after working for radio stations and newspapers in London and South Yorkshire. Since then he has worked for The Shetland Times, BBC Radio Shetland, The Shetland Post and Shetland News Agency. Pete lives at The Booth, in Hillswick, where he helps his partner Jan run Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary.

Contact Pete at:
Phone/fax: +44 (0)1806 503 747
Mobile:      +44 (0)7776 046 454
Email: pete@shetland-news.co.uk 

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