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Always there for those in peril

27 October 2011
Always there for those in peril

Always there for those in peril

27 October 2011

THE "SHOUT" came, and within minutes the lifeboat William Blannin was powering out through the entrance to Buckie harbour and heading east. A man in…


Moray dog fronts national ad campaign

23 October 2011
Moray dog fronts national ad campaign

Moray dog fronts national ad campaign

23 October 2011

A SCOTTY dog from a village in Moray has been chosen from packs of hopeful pups as the new face of a leading food brand. Eighteen-month-old Pepsi will…


Lossie hair stylist has the X Factor

22 October 2011
Lossie hair stylist has the X Factor

Lossie hair stylist has the X Factor

22 October 2011

LOSSIEMOUTH stylist Karen Thomson is part of a team responsible for the hairdos of this year’s ‘X Factor’ contestants. And it is not just the locks of…


'I believed robbers would shoot me'

01 October 2011
'I believed robbers would shoot me'

'I believed robbers would shoot me'

01 October 2011

?A MORAY academic has described how he watched helplessly as armed Guatemalan robbers dragged two women into woodland and subjected them to a vicious…


Fears aired on fire and police changes

24 September 2011
Fears aired on fire and police changes

Fears aired on fire and police changes

24 September 2011

FEARS that Moray could become the ‘forgotten satellite’ have been voiced following the Scottish Government’s announcement on the future of both policing…


Saddle up for charity challenge

26 August 2011
Saddle up for charity challenge

Saddle up for charity challenge

26 August 2011

A PAIR of Elgin friends are hoping a charity race night will help them cross their fund-raising finish line. Punters are welcome to the Ex-Servicemen’s…


Moray woman's aid mission to Rwanda

26 August 2011
Moray woman's aid mission to Rwanda

Moray woman's aid mission to Rwanda

26 August 2011

RWANDA is known as the Land of a Thousand Hills, and one Elgin voluntary worker can vouch for the country’s moniker. Katherine Milne has just returned…


Elgin Cemetery hit by vandal attack

25 August 2011
Elgin Cemetery hit by vandal attack

Elgin Cemetery hit by vandal attack

25 August 2011

MORE than 50 gravestones have been desecrated and a hedge set on fire during a spate of vandalism at a Moray graveyard. Community leaders have described…


Monks elect new Pluscarden Abbot

11 August 2011
Monks elect new Pluscarden Abbot

Monks elect new Pluscarden Abbot

11 August 2011

THE monks at Pluscarden have elected a new superior following the appointment of Dom Hugh Gilbert as Bishop of Aberdeen. Dom Anselm Atkinson (54) was…


Cigarette pack scrawl sealed love story

07 July 2011
Cigarette pack scrawl sealed love story

Cigarette pack scrawl sealed love story

07 July 2011

THE crate of cigarettes could have ended up in any number of places, yet it was destined for the Royal Army Service Corps stationed in Ostend, Belgium,…


Forres woman's power of thought aids cancer fight

27 May 2011
Forres woman's power of thought aids cancer fight

Forres woman's power of thought aids cancer fight

27 May 2011

A FORRES woman who underwent a mastectomy then refused any further medical treatment has shared her experiences of breast cancer. Rosie O'Hara (58) used…


Minister to deaf signs in

25 May 2011
Minister to deaf signs in

Minister to deaf signs in

25 May 2011

WITH A flock scattered from Laurencekirk to Shetland and everywhere in between, the North of Scotland’s new auxiliary minister to the deaf community knows…


Work starts on £60.5M Rothes biomass plant

24 May 2011
Work starts on £60.5M Rothes biomass plant

Work starts on £60.5M Rothes biomass plant

24 May 2011

WORK is officially underway on a £60.5 million biomass plant in the heart of Speyside. The Helius CoRDe venture in Rothes will use distillery by-products…


Music student sounds plea

20 May 2011
Music student sounds plea

Music student sounds plea

20 May 2011

A YOUNG musician from Moray has won a place at one of the country’s top music schools – only for his spot in the classroom to be left hanging in the balance.…


Dad’s putter drives author’s island-hopping oddysey

18 May 2011
Dad’s putter drives author’s island-hopping oddysey

Dad’s putter drives author’s island-hopping oddysey

18 May 2011

GARY Sutherland was a lapsed golfer, until he acquired his late dad’s putter. In honour of his father James, a Hopeman sea captain who was seldom off…


Project honours Moray’s women

18 May 2011
Project honours Moray’s women

Project honours Moray’s women

18 May 2011

MOST people remember a woman in their community who helped them, amused them, or even terrified them – a woman who inspired and was equally admired.


Spike is on his marks

18 May 2011
Spike is on his marks

Spike is on his marks

18 May 2011

HE HATES running with a passion and always has, but a Moray man is now preparing to hit the wall, metaphorically and literally, when he takes up a marathon…


Fairy Hill row stirs up Speyside town

16 May 2011
Fairy Hill row stirs up Speyside town

Fairy Hill row stirs up Speyside town

16 May 2011

A FENCE at the centre of disquiet in a Speyside village was never intended to cause a row, the man behind its erection has said.


Council funds lapel badges for volunteers

10 May 2011
Council funds lapel badges for volunteers

Council funds lapel badges for volunteers

10 May 2011

MORAY Council volunteers are to receive lapel badges in recognition of their contribution to the area. A £400 grant to cover the cost of the 360 metal…


Moray pool car scheme gets go-ahead

10 May 2011
Moray pool car scheme gets go-ahead

Moray pool car scheme gets go-ahead

10 May 2011

A FLEET of 70 new local authority pool cars will hit Moray’s roads this summer, bringing with it annual savings of £100,000. It comes after a pilot…


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