ABERDEENSHIRE Council last night (Monday, June 18) lit the blue touchpaper under plans for a raft of community and sports facilities in Banff and Macduff linked to the Tesco Bridge Road development at
Published: Thu 13 Jun 2013
A WOMAN who was killed yesterday after her car left the A981 road near New Deer and smashed into a tree has been named by police as Mary Jane Gillespie.
Published: Wed 12 Jun 2013
NORTH-EAST livestock farmers were put on alert today (Wednesday, June 12) after a case of Schmallenberg Disease (SBV) was confirmed in a calf born to a homebred, suckler heifer on a farm outside Aberdeen.
Published: Wed 12 Jun 2013
EX-DEVERONVALE and Buckie Thistle manager Gregg Carrol has pleaded not guilty to being involved in the making and distribution of indecent images of children. Carrol (41) appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Tuesday (June 11) facing three charges and will now stand trial.
Published: Tue 11 Jun 2013
ABERDEENSHIRE Council leader Jim Gifford has hinted that local authority officials will adopt a clean-sheet aproach to how Tesco's £10million will be spent on new sports and leisure facilities in Banff and Macduff. Local residents and sports and community groups have been invited to a crucial public engagement meeting on Monday evening (June 17) in Banff Academy's main assembly hall, starting at 7pm.
Published: Tue 11 Jun 2013
A FORMER Scottish surfing champion, who hails from Banff, has given up her legal career to set up her own surf school. Dee Ripoli, who secured the coveted national women's title in 2011, decided to follow her dream of teaching adults and children to ride the waves after realising her heart was not in the legal career she had spent seven years studying and training for.
Published: Tue 11 Jun 2013
TURRIFF United have stepped up their close-season recruitment programme with a bid to land free agent, former Dunfermline and Dundee defender Craig McKeown. The 28-year-old Tarves-born player is currently out of contract and considering an offer to stay with Highland League championship runners-up Formartine United.
Published: Tue 04 Jun 2013
CORNHILL'S tug o' war team were the pride of the village again last Saturday after they were victorious at their home Highland Games. They beat Elgin to victory in the 725kg final with Grampian A coming in third.
Published: Tue 04 Jun 2013
DEVERONVALE have swooped in to sign freed Inverness Caley Thistle defender Ross Aitken for an undisclosed fee. The former Inverness under-20 player has been training with Deveronvale, and manager Charlie Charlesworth was delighted to sign him to bolster his squad.
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