Plea for shopping help to Moray elderly

Northern Scot – OLDER people have provided some food for thought with the findings of a new survey in Moray. It has revealed that up to 12,000 residents aged over 65 could be experiencing a variety of problems with food shopping.

High fears being ‘left behind’ by new Academy in Elgin

Northern Scot – A WARNING is being sounded that unless action is taken to improve Elgin High School, parents will choose to send their children to the new Elgin Academy. The high school has lost out on two major developments that would have seen facilities at the secondary dramatically upgraded.

Nightmare ends for school bus driver

Northern Scot – A DRIVER accused of attacking a pupil on a school bus has finally had his name cleared, a year after being suspended from his job. Michael Evans and his family have endured a nightmare 12 months while the malicious accusation that he tried to strangle a boy hung over his head.

Elgin pensioner terrified by yob attack

Northern Scot – A TERRIFYING attack on a Moray pensioner by stone-throwing yobs has been described as “appalling” by a local councillor. The woman, who was so frightened by her experience that she does not wish to be named, broke down when she described how an unknown object was hurled at her by teenagers as [...]

Pupils aim for high note at Moray music festival

Press and Journal – MORAY’S biggest arts event will start on Monday as pupils take to the stage to sing and play a variety of musical instruments. Primary and secondary school children will perform across seven venues in Elgin during the six-day Moray Music Festival.

Three Moray groups share £25,000 in lottery funding.

Press and Journal – Elgin Bowling Club, Arradoul Women’s Rural Institute and Lossiemouth Air Training Corps have benefited from a £24,0000 grant. Arradoul WRI secretary Emma Marandola said club members were delighted to have been granted £10,000 for hall refurbishments.

Death crash trial branded ‘a joke’

Press and Journal – Death crash trial branded ‘a joke’. A distraught Moray couple last night branded the trial against the man accused of killing their son “a joke”. Chris and Lynne McRae were in Elgin Sheriff court as Inverness man Robert White was cleared of causing their son Gareth’s death.

Big rise in number of assaults on police

Press and Journal – Statistics released by the Liberal Democrats show a large rise in the number of people reported to the procurator fiscal for assaulting a police officer across the north and north-east.

Brave cancer girl’s return home is all too short

Isla Simpson’s family had been looking forward to having her all to themselves for a few weeks at home.
She had already spent months in hospital being treated for cancer.

Fears for librarians’ jobs as council cuts costs

Press and Journal – Moray librarians’ jobs could be at risk after the local authority passed plans to introduce new self-service equipment. The council will spend more than £20,000 on machines which can automatically check books in and out of the libraries at Buckie, Elgin, Forres and Keith.

Katie Morag author meets fans

Press and Journal – AN ACCLAIMED children’s author held workshops with her young readers from primary schools throughout Moray yesterday. More than 200 pupils gathered at Elgin Library to meet Mairi Hedderwick, best known as the author of the children’s storybook character Katie Morag.

Elgin flood refuge could become flats amid acute housing shortage

Press and Journal – A housing shortage could force Moray Council to convert emergency flooding accommodation into flats for young single people. Housing chief Jill Stewart said Bishopmill House, at Lossiemouth Road in Elgin, could house 22 single people.

Moray Council prepares to invite bids for its new Elgin HQ

Press and Journal – Plans to turn an empty supermarket building in Elgin into a new home for Moray Council will shortly go out to tender. The council will soon invite five contractors to put in their bids to convert the former supermarket next to its existing offices in a move which is expected to [...]

Sunny show promises to be colourful antidote to snow

Press and Journal – A SHOW celebrating life in sunny Central America will be performed in Elgin. Members of Elgin Musical Theatre Group are putting the finishing touches to their new comedy show Viva Mexico.

Fears for jobs as talks take place over leisure centre funding cuts

Press and Journal – Senior managers at Moray Leisure have been in talks about the budget of its centre at Elgin, after its funding was slashed by £100,000. Councillors agreed earlier this month that the annual management fee paid to the complex in Borough Briggs Road would be cut from £663,000 to £563,000.

Tot’s cancer battle spurs campaign

Northern Scot – A MORAY couple whose baby daughter has undergone numerous operations, intensive chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant in the course of treatment for a rare childhood cancer have embarked on a fund-raising campaign to aid research into the condition. Samantha and Ross Simpson’s daughter, Isla, is continuing her treatment at the Royal [...]

High-quality jewellery business closes its Elgin High Street shop

Ptess and Journal – POOR trading levels have forced a prestigious jeweller to close his shop in Moray. Steven Cooper, owner of Elgin High Street shop Aurora, said the business had been struggling since Next closed its clothing store across the road last year.

Raids net fake porn DVDs, stolen passports and cigarettes

Press and Journal – Stolen passports, illegal tobacco and counterfeit pornography DVDs were among the items seized in raids by customs officers in the north-east. Officials from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) travelled from Paisley for the weekend operation throughout Aberdeenshire and Moray.

Budding young scientists wanted at Moray College

Calling all children in Moray! – Would you like to meet Rosie the Tarantula, Monty the Python, Arthur the King Snake, Puff the Bearded Dragon, take a tour of the Cosmic Dome or see an ‘Erupting Volcano and make a Roaring Rocket? If the answer is ‘YES’, bring along your family and friends to Moray [...]

Wise Up, Elgin

A day of activities and information for older people with representatives form SCARF, BBC digital switchover scheme, Quarriers volunteer service, the Handyman service, Healthpoint and many more. The day will include tours of the library, including behind the scenes, computer taster sessions, a felt-making workshop and an angling talk and demonstration. Refreshments will be available [...]

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