Motion in parliament

SHETLAND MSP Tavish Scott has lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament congratulating Shetland News on its success at last week’s Highlands and Islands Media Awards.

The motion reads: “That the Parliament congratulates the team behind Shetland News for winning the Highlands and Islands Media Award for the best use of digital media; notes that the company partner, Pete Bevington, was in Inverness to receive the award from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning; commends the website as it celebrates the 10th anniversary of its relaunch in 2003; considers that the website is unique in that it is independent of any newspaper and funded entirely by local advertising and, despite serving a population of just over 22,000 people, it received more than two million visits during 2012; recognises that the website is currently run by the freelance journalists, Pete Bevington and Hans J Marter, advertising manager, Chloe Mackie, webmaster, Clement Duncan, and administrative assistant, Susan Boardman, and wishes them all the best as the website goes from strength to strength.”