21 March 2012
GRAMPIAN Police are carrying out a mobilisation exercise at various locations in the Aberdeenshire area. The exercise is a routine test of the capability…
21 March 2012
POLICE took away documents from Aberdeenshire Council’s planning office in Banff last week over alleged serious irregularities surrounding applications…
12 March 2012
AROUND 60 staff at the Sangs soft drinks firm in Macduff are celebrating following the news that their jobs have been safeguarded.
08 March 2012
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a motorbike accident in Knock Avenue, Whitehills yesterday (Wednesday). The male rider of the white Suzuki…
08 March 2012
GRAMPIAN Police are appealing for information about a theft in Banff which saw thousands of pounds worth of motorised saws stolen. They were stolen…
07 March 2012
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a single vehicle road collision near Gardenstown which seriously injured a woman on Monday night. The incident…
02 March 2012
PRINCESS Anne was in Banff yesterday (Thursday) to open the £15 million redevelopment at Chalmers Hospital. For full story and pictures see Tuesday's…
02 March 2012
POLICE are appealing for information about an extension being built at Craigston, Turriff being severely damaged. A police spokesman said it is suspected…
01 March 2012
A PENSIONER killed in a road traffic collision on the A947 near Birkenhills on Wednesday has been named as Margaret Masson. The 66-year-old woman,…
27 February 2012
A BID to establish a heritage centre at the site of the recently closed Harbour Cafe at Macduff Harbour has fallen at the first hurdle.
25 February 2012
A BODY discovered off the coast of Portsoy last Thursday was confirmed by police as Dufftown man William Riddoch. The 70-year-old was found just hours…
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…
