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Tesco community spin-off plans gather momentum

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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

Former Deveronvale manager to stand trial on child porn charges

Published: Wed 12 Jun 2013

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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.

Council hints at Tesco £10m 'clean sheet'

Published: Tue 11 Jun 2013

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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.

Wind turbine planning out of control, warns council leader

Published: Tue 11 Jun 2013

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ABERDEENSHIRE Council is set to consider the imposition of an official moratorium on wind turbine applications and backing for a call on the Scottish Government to cut wind farm subsidies drastically or scrap them altogether. The North-east local authority's planning department dealt with more wind turbine applications than the rest of Scotland put together last year, according to council leader Jim Gifford.

New members flock to save community council from folding

Published: Tue 11 Jun 2013

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A RALLYING call from Portsoy and District Community Council urging people to join it proved successful with the group having more than doubled its numbers. For most of this year the group has failed to hold meetings due to a lack of members to form a quorum.

New Deer residents demand inquiry into compost fire

Published: Tue 11 Jun 2013

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NEW Deer residents have demanded an independent inquiry into why a compost fire at a recycling plant near the village was allowed to burn for almost ten months. Unhappy villagers feared for their health as the pall of smoke blew across parts of the village from Keenan Recycling's waste handling facility from June last year until April, when the blaze was finally extinguished.

Foggie police officer's child porn court case stalled again

Published: Mon 10 Jun 2013

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A SHERIFF told a court last week that very little detail had been presented to justify why an Aberchirder police sergeant had failed to appear in court to face child pornography charges. Neil Shand, whose address in court papers was 28 North Street, is alleged to have had indecent images of his children in his home.

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