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GRAMPIAN Police has revealed that the motorcyclist who died following a two-vehicle road traffic collision on the unclassified Turriff to Thorneybank road yesterday (Wednesday) was 57-year-old Eric Robertson from Mountblairy near Alvah, Banff.
Emergency services attended the collision about 6.35am involving a black Vauxhall Astra motor car and a silver Yamaha FJR motorcycle, however Mr Robertson was pronounced dead at the scene.
THE Green Tree restaurant and café in Castle Street, Banff is set to re-open under new management - just five months after it went bust leaving a trail of debts.
The jinxed premises failed in December after just over a year in business.
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PORTSOY'S Scottish Traditional Boat Festival hopes to catch a top regional tourism accolade and plot a course towards the national finals.
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PORTSOY'S Folk at the Salmon Bothy is holding its regular open-mic session at the Bothy on Friday.
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AFTER a burst water pipe devastated their church, the congregation at Gardenstown feared their place of worship would never be the same again.
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THE fight to 'Save Tarlair' is officially under way.
A campaign to see Macduff's famous outdoor swimming pool restored to something like its former glory dipped its first toe in the water last week.
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A TURRIFF archer is facing a nerve-wracking shoot-off to see if he has made it in his quest to represent Great Britain in the London 2012 Paralympics later this year.
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