PARENTS are being asked to sit up and take notice of a session later this month that will focus on safety issues surrounding child car seats. Road safety advisors from Grampian Police will be holding a child car seat clinic at The Playbarn, near Lhanbryde, on Sunday May 27 from 10am-4pm.

FRUIT and veg wholesaler Nat Fraser was making his usual delivery rounds on the day his estranged wife disappeared, a murder trial heard today. He was at the wheel of a distinctive seven and a half ton lorry decorated with cartoon characters "Natalie Nectarine" and "Jamie Jaffa" - called after his son and daughter. The High Court in Edinburgh also heard that Fraser paused on his rounds for tea and a scone in an Elgin cafe and made a phone call to a woman called Hazel in Fochabers.

POLICE have issued a security warning following a spate of thefts from motor vehicles in Lossiemouth. A number of vehicles were targeted last weekend within residential areas of the coastal town.