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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.


Sign in the window says the takeaway was opening soon under new management. 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 draws more than 16,000 people to the town every year. 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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Guest MC for the evening is Danny Couper. PORTSOY'S Folk at the Salmon Bothy is holding its regular open-mic session at the Bothy on Friday.
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The Rev Donald Martin in the newly refurbished Gardenstown Church of Scotland. 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 Tarlair outdoor swimming pool complex has deteriorated badly since its closure in 1995. 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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Turriff's Alasdair Hamilton will compete this weekend to try to gain a place in the team GB archery squad in the Paralympics. 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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