17 February 2012
A TEMPORARY speed restriction will be in place on a section of the A98 Banff to Portsoy road from Monday, February 20 for four weeks. The restriction…
16 February 2012
GRAMPIAN Police has launched its latest recruitment drive for a new intake of police cadets. The cadetship will run for a year from August and cadets…
14 February 2012
GRAMPIAN Police are appealing for witnesses following the theft of metal in Turriff. Guttering was stolen from a house at Chapel Street and an attempt…
13 February 2012
ANGLERS on the River Deveron and its tributaries are optimistic of tight lines after the new salmon fishing season was officially opened on Saturday. They…
10 February 2012
TEAMS of Grampian Police officers carried out a series of early morning raids in Aberdeenshire this week, seizing illegal drugs including heroin, cannabis,…
10 February 2012
A COUNCIL tax freeze has been agreed as part of Aberdeenshire Council’s budget for 2012/13. Councillors last week also backed a series of Scottish…
09 February 2012
IT WAS a cold day and also very special day – which meant a lot of the warming home-made favourites were on the menu at Macduff’s Harbour Cafè last Tuesday. And…
09 February 2012
A FORMER ‘herring lassie’ and a Banffshire heritage group are set to be among the star attractions on ‘The One Show’ on BBC1 on Thursday night. The…
09 February 2012
?A STUNNING new solid silver trophy to celebrate the story of a woman catching the largest UK salmon on a fly, on the River Deveron, is to be presented…
09 February 2012
HUNDREDS of workers in Banffshire face substantial pay cuts following plans by Aberdeenshire Council to slash their terms and conditions. Unions warn…
09 February 2012
WITH THE salmon fishing season about to commence on all of Grampian’s rivers, police have launched an initiative to raise awareness of the potential impact…
06 February 2012
THE B9139 Portsoy (Old Coast) road from Craigherbs to the junction of the C25L road at Loch of Auds will be closed from Monday, February 13 for three…
04 February 2012
A PENSIONER killed in a road crash on the A95 Keith-Banff road last Thursday has been named by police as Keith man Gordon Stephen. Mr Stephen (71)…
02 February 2012
POLICE, ambulance and fire service crews remain at the scene of scene of a serious two-vehicle road traffic accident on the A95 between Ladyhill and…
31 January 2012
?POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a woman had her mobile phone stolen in Buckie. The incident happened at Land Street, near its junction with…
24 January 2012
POLICE are appealing for information after around 1,000 straw bales worth a five-figure sum of money were destroyed in a fire near Cuminestown. The…
23 January 2012
GRAMPIAN Police are warning people to be vigilant following a bank card scam where fraudsters have targeted elderly people. Conmen have been phoning…
19 January 2012
A BID to attract European fisheries funding to Aberdeenshire has been successful in gaining nearly £1.1 million for the area. The Scottish Government…
16 January 2012
A CUMINESTOWN man convicted of driving a school bus while using a hand-held mobile phone has had his bus driver’s licence suspended for eight weeks by…
13 January 2012
POLICE uncovered heroin and crack cocaine when they raided properties in Macduff as part of an increased clampdown on drugs in the area. Officers stormed…
