Lossie Seafoods taken over

STV Moray – Local smoked salmon producer Lossie Seafoods is set to be taken over by Associated Seafoods. Lossie Seafoods employs around 50 people at its processing facility in Buckie in Moray in the North-East of Scotland. Its strategy has been to focus on premium customers, especially in emerging markets. It pioneered the sale of [...]

Tributes as brave Zoe loses leukaemia battle

Scotsman – THE parents of a 13-year-old schoolgirl have paid tribute to her courage after she lost her battle with leukaemia. Zoe Geddes died at Yorkhill Children’s Hospital in Glasgow, where she had been receiving chemotherapy. The Buckie High School pupil was diagnosed with the disease in December after developing a rash on her legs. [...]

Former flagship sails into Moray Firth

STV – A former flagship of Scotland’s fishing fleet is undertaking an educational tour of the north east. The 109-years-old sailing drifter named the Reaper, flagship of the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther, will be visiting some of the old herring ports in the Moray Firth. She will be open free of charge for visits [...]

Arrests in Moray drug raids

Press and Journal – Two people have been arrested and charged on the first day of a police crackdown on drugs in Moray. Operation Moravia was launched yesterday to tackle the drugs trade, violence, and antisocial behaviour. A man and a woman, both 33, were arrested and charged with drug-related offences after four houses were [...]

Mother who stored £140,000 of drugs in home is jailed

STV – A mother-of-four who allowed drug dealers to store £140,000 of drugs in her home has been jailed for more than two years. Lynda Murray, 45, was trying to pay off debts she had run up as a result of her own drug habit, the High Court in Edinburgh heard on Tuesday. But sentencing [...]

School is at the centre of excellence for arts

Northern Scot – PUPILS AT a Moray secondary will find themselves in the spotlight with the opening of a new £1.8 million performing arts facility at their school. The extension at Buckie Community High includes three music classrooms, five practice rooms, a recording studio, changing rooms and a performance space with seating for more than [...]

Family demand answers over woman’s death

Press and Journal – A Moray family have demanded answers after a wife and mother who was diagnosed with a frozen shoulder three years ago died from lung cancer. Doctors at Ardach Health Centre at Buckie prescribed Jean Cross with painkillers and told her to undergo physiotherapy, adding that the sessions would alleviate her stiffness. [...]

Special clock is back where it was made, 230 years on

Press and Journal – A handsome grandfather clock has returned to the north-east town where it was made about 230 years ago. The long-case clock dates from about 1780 and was the work of Banff watch and clock maker Gilbert Bannerman. It has been bequeathed to a preservation group after the death of the owner, [...]

Housing chief assures ‘no special treatment for travellers’

Press and Journal – Moray’s housing chief moved yesterday to allay fears the local authority was giving “preferential treatment” to gypsies and travellers when allocating housing. Jill Stewart’s housing report to the audit and performance committee led to claims the council may be going “over and above” its duty to provide equal access to council [...]

Dad blames binge-drinking culture for his son’s death

Press and Journal – A young north-east man has died of alcohol poisoning after a night out with friends. Robert Mair never regained consciousness after collapsing in the kitchen of his family’s home at Buckie. Hundreds of tributes have been paid to the popular Manchester United fan on online social networking sites. Last night, his [...]

Funding joy for Buckie bus scheme

Press and Journal – Moray pensioners are delighted after a community transport charity was given a last-minute funding reprieve. The future of the Buckie Accessible Community Bus Scheme (Babs) was uncertain last week after Moray Council withdrew its £31,000 grant for the 2011-12 period. After a backlash from volunteers and users, the local authority has [...]

Fisherman saved from sinking boat

BBC – A fisherman has been rescued after his boat started sinking off the Moray coast. The skipper of the Buckie-registered Silver Rock reported he was taking on water north of Lossiemouth at about 0800 GMT. A rescue helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth and a lifeboat were sent to the area after Aberdeen Coastguard received the [...]

Moray transport charity faces closure

Press and Journal – The future of a Moray transport charity is uncertain after the council withdrew funding and revealed plans to set up a similar service. Buckie-based Babs Dial-A-Bus was expecting to receive £31,000 for 2011-12 as part of a three-year grant contract with Moray Council. The management team received a letter this month [...]

‘No intention’ to close Buckie coffee bar

Press and Journal – Moray Council has moved to allay fears that a coffee bar run by people with learning difficulties is under threat because of budget cutbacks. Concerned relatives contacted the Press and Journal yesterday worried about the possibility of the coffee bar at Buckie High School being shut down. The local authority gave [...]

Police urge home and business owners to remain vigilant

Press and Journal – POLICE are urging home and business owners to be vigilant after a spate of thefts in Moray. Several houses at Buckie and Forres have been targeted by thieves, and a golf cart has been stolen from Hopeman Golf Club twice in the past fortnight. A four-figure sum of money was taken [...]

Man denies sex attacks on girls in Buckie area

Press and Journal – A woman told a High Court jury yesterday that a man gave her 50p to buy sweeties after he sexually assaulted her when she was a schoolgirl. She said that the man took her to an attic above a garage in a Moray town to commit the abuse, which took place [...]

Moray teenager endures a world of pain

Press and Journal – A Moray teenager afflicted by an unusual condition is hoping to raise awareness of the illness. Rachel Hay, 16, was diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) in 2009 after complaining of a sore wrist. The youngster, from Blantyre Terrace, Buckie, suffers from severe burning sensations, swelling, and extreme sensitivity to [...]

Council plans move to help cut its costs

Press and Journal – Moray Council services could be run from schools and libraries as part of a cost-cutting plan, it emerged yesterday. Offices could be relocated to Buckie’s Town House, Keith Primary School and Forres Library while other workers are centralised in Elgin. Members of Moray Council’s policy and resources committee agreed yesterday to [...]

Buckie widow hails £10m idea as ‘positive’

Press and Journal – A north-east campaigner has welcomed a plan to create a £10million fund to improve patient access to cancer medicines throughout Scotland. Tina McGeever, whose late husband spent his final months fighting for the drug cetuximab to be made available to other sufferers, said she backed extending the use of treatments only [...]

Tributes for beach-death OAP, 86

Press and Journal – An elderly man who was found dead on a Moray beach was described as a “very nice man” by neighbours last night. George Thomson Coull, 86, lived alone at his home at Letterfourie Road, Buckie. His body was found by a walker on Strathlene Beach, Portessie, near Buckie, early on Monday. [...]

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