Hans J Marter

Shetland Islands

Managing Editor at Shetland News

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Articles

Drug driving a ’significant problem’, roadside testing trial results show

3 weeks ago | shetnews.co.uk | Hans J Marter

THE INITIAL findings of a six-month pilot in Shetland to detect people driving while impaired through drugs has been described as “positive” and largely in line with expectations. At the end of last year Shetland was chosen by Police Scotland as a testing ground for a new mouth swab drug wipe kit. Shetland officers were the first in Scotland outside of road traffic specialists to receive training in using the kits.
Local people express horror at Gaza suffering and demand ceasefire

3 weeks ago | shetnews.co.uk | Hans J Marter

MORE THAN £30,000 has been raised in Shetland over the last two years towards helping to alleviate the human suffering in Gaza. Calling for peace and justice and for an immediate ceasefire to stop Gaza being erased by Israeli forces, a dozen local people gathered outside the parliamentary office in Lerwick’s Commercial Street for a vigil on Saturday.
Report highlights the imbalance of who benefits from the green energy boom

1 month ago | shetnews.co.uk | Hans J Marter

A NEW report on the social value of the renewable energy boom in the Scottish Highlands and Islands has confirmed what most people living in the area had already suspected: there is a wide disparity in how host communities benefit from such projects.
Rent caps are gone: how can tenants can fight back?

1 month ago | scottishbeacon.com | Hans J Marter

“Where I live now is my home, but the ‘market rent’ for our flat is more than double what I currently pay, so I obviously wouldn’t be able to afford that. If I had that sort of rent increase I’d have to move away from the community that has been my home for more than a decade.” – Matthew, Living Rent member and long-term resident of Govanhill, Glasgow. From the beginning of last month, rent cap measures came to an end in Scotland.
Surprise as cable laying work will lead to road closure for two months

1 month ago | shetnews.co.uk | Hans J Marter

THE MAIN road linking the North Isles, Firth and Mossbank to the rest of Shetland is set to be closed for at least eight weeks from next month onwards. SSEN Distribution said the road above Dales Voe is too narrow to allow for cable laying work to be carried out while traffic was still flowing. Closing the road has since been discussed with the council’s road services, with work due to begin on 16 June.
Food from the Sea - an attempt to overcome ‘fuzzy thinking’

1 month ago | shetnews.co.uk | Hans J Marter

HOW DOES one encourage and facilitate meaningful public debate in a world increasingly dominated by social media toxicity, where opposing views are either shouted down or suppressed by algorithms? That is a big question, and certainly not one that can be resolved by one book launch in Lerwick alone. However local author and former seafood executive John Goodlad is determined to contribute to tearing down those silos “we are all in now shouting at each other”.
New global leader in aquaculture services with a strong local connection

1 month ago | shetnews.co.uk | Hans J Marter

IT STARTED as a local venture to provide the Scottish salmon sector with a dedicated service of harvesting and carrying live fish. Now it has grown into a multinational aquaculture service company operating in seven countries across three continents. Founded in 2008, Johnson Marine became a major player in the Scottish industry over the next ten years before merging with Norwegian company Gripship to become Aquaship in 2018.
Giving Shaetlan - Shetland's native tongue - the respect it deserves - The Scottish Beacon

1 month ago | scottishbeacon.com | Hans J Marter

New book highly praised by linguists from around the world establishes Shaetlan as a language in its own rightThe co-authors and some of the contributors gather for the launch of Shaetlan: A young language wi aald røts. Left to right: John Goodlad, Viveka Velupillai, Alison Rendall, Ronnie Eunson, Hazel Adamson. Julie Dennison, Helen Balfour and Roy Mullay.
Rural affairs secretary defends fishing deal

1 month ago | shetnews.co.uk | Hans J Marter

THE AGREEMENT to ‘reset’ relationships with the EU has been defended as a “reasonably good deal for the UK fishing sector” by the secretary of state for the environment, food and rural affairs. Steve Reed was answering questions from North Isles MP Alistair Carmichael when he appeared before the UK parliament’s environment, food and rural affairs select committee on Tuesday, which the Orkney and Shetland MP chairs.
Carmichael ‘worried’ by reports of extended EU access to UK waters

1 month ago | shetnews.co.uk | Hans J Marter

ISLES MP Alistair Carmichael has described early reports a deal that would allow European fishing vessels continued access to UK waters for a further 12 years as “exceptionally worrying”. A breakthrough in the final sticking points in a new agreement designed to reset the UK’s relationship with the EU was reported overnight.