Autism row: Family fury after son thrown out of theatre

STV – A furious dad has hit out at the “Wicked discrimination” shown against his autistic 12-year-old son who was “thrown onto the street” at a hit West End musical. Glyn Morris, 41, was enjoying a family holiday night out watching Wicked when he was asked to remove his son Gregor from the Apollo Theatre [...]

Telephone support after exam results arrive

Forres Gazette – STUDENTS from the Forres area will be among 160,000 young people in Scotland who will receive their exam results via email, text or by post nextThursday (August 4). For those who don’t get the results they had been hoping for, help is at hand in the form of a free call to [...]

Work Underway at Leanchoil

Forres Gazette – The hospital on St. Leonard’s Road has been closed to overnight patients since January when it was evacuated because of an electrical fault. The long closure led many in Forres to fear it would not re-open. Contractors visited the building last week to draw up a plan of action whilst actual [...]

Moray engineering firm FirScot in funding boost

BBC – A Moray precision engineering company is to expand production and create new jobs after securing funding from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). FirScot, based at the Greshop industrial estate in Forres, was awarded £193,000. The investment programme will create about eight skilled manufacturing posts over the next three years. The company’s main market [...]

Man who ‘unwittingly’ stole gun jailed for five years

BBC – A thief from Moray who “unwittingly” stole a gun from the house of a widow has been jailed for five years. Guy Whitelaw, 28, from Forres, told police he discovered the handgun in a cash box he took from the house. Whitelaw admitted having the gun and was given minimum jail term for [...]

Moray business leaders meet John Swinney over RAF plan

BBC – Moray’s business leaders are set to meet Finance Secretary John Swinney to discuss the local economy in the wake of the defence review. RAF Lossiemouth was saved from closure under defence cuts which were announced on Monday. RAF Kinloss will shut as an air base and be taken over by the Army. Members [...]

The immediate needs of Forres and Kinloss cannot be ignored

STV Forres – Support for the Forres and Kinloss areas remains a priority in spite of the announced conversion of the RAF base for army use. It remains unclear this morning exactly how many troops are to be based at RAF Kinloss, with numbers up to 3,000 being suggested in the aftermath of yesterday’s announcement [...]

Forres care home provider to shut down

Forres Gazette – STAFF and residents of Meadowlark Care Centre have learnt that national care home provider, Southern Cross who operates the Forres care home and several hundred, is to shut down. This comes after landlords who own their care homes said they wish to leave the group which has been re-structuring its business due [...]

Forres Highland Games (pictures, video and audio)

Bad weather dodged the Highland Games in Forres to make for another good turnout at Grant Park where athletes of all ages put their abilities to the test.
Pictures, audio and video by Marc Hindley.
Audio: Forres Pipe Band parading through Forres high street:

Crowds expected to flock to Forres Highland Games

Forres Gazette – THE organisers of this year’s Forres Highland Games are hoping for sunshine to boost visitor numbers for their annual event which is marching into Grant Park today. Attractions will include massed pipe bands, the heavy events section, the 10K road race, track and cycling events, Highland dancing, tug o’war, and piping competitions.

Pensioner performed sex act in front of young boys

Northern Scot – A PENSIONER who indecently exposed himself to three young boys in Forres was clocked by an off-duty policeman. Elgin Sheriff Court heard that Andrew Halcrow was on licence and banned from going near children when he committed an act of public indecency at Leys Road Car Park on March 21. Fiscal [...]

People of Forres score winner in land fight

Scotsman – THE Moray town of Forres was celebrating last night after plans to sell off the Common Good land – home to one of the Highland League’s oldest football clubs for more than century – were kicked into touch. Moray Council had sparked outrage in the town last year by announcing that the authority [...]

Moray dance pair beat 400 to performing arts scholarship

STV Elgin – Two Moray dancers have been offered scholarships at a prestigious academy in England. Jamie Sidhom, 21, from Forres and Reece Carson, 20, from Mosstodloch, pupils of the Lawman Academy of Dance in Fogwatt, have been offered places at the Midlands Academy of Dance and Drama (MADD). The Nottingham based Academy, whose patron [...]

Cancer toddler denied best care ‘because he’s Scottish’

Scotsman – The family of a Forres toddler who has been battling cancer since he was eight weeks old claim that he is being denied first-class treatment because he lives in Scotland. Little Fraser Smith has had three operations to replace his right eye with a prosthetic but each time it has fallen out. Fraser’s [...]

Reassurance given to care home residents in Forres

Forres Gazette – MORAY Councillor, Lee Bell who is chairman of the council’s health and social services committee, has given a pledge that elderly residents being cared for in Forres will not be left out in the cold, if national care home company, Southern Cross go under. This follow’s last week’s front page story, where [...]

River Findhorn body identified

Update 14.06.11: Police have identified the deceased woman as Florence Ritchie aged 73, from Carrbridge. Next of kin have been informed. The death is not suspicious.
The body of an elderly woman has been found in the River Findhorn at Randolph’s Leap, about eight miles south of Forres.
Following a call from a concerned member of the [...]

Couple walk 500 miles to dream home in Moray

Mail Online – A RETIRED couple walked all the way from their old home near Manchester to their new one – 500 miles away in the Scottish Highlands. Tom and Elaine Summerscales packed their worldly goods into a removal van, waved it goodbye, and set off from Stalybridge on a remarkable 40-day journey, staying under [...]

Pledge to ‘fight’ for RAF bases

BBC – Campaigners supporting Moray’s two RAF bases and their local communities have pledged to “fight all the way”. A decision on the future of RAF Lossiemouth is expected to be made by 19 July. The Moray Task Force vowed to pursue every avenue to save the base, and get a fair deal for the [...]

You’d be a real plank not to try the latest craze

Forres Gazette – FORRES could become the centre of attention, in an internet craze which is sweeping the globe. Today is the first-ever world-planking day and Daniel Ketelaar is hoping the town will lead the way. He believes this could help raise the area’s profile and wants to make Moray a centre for the activity. [...]

Leanchoil sets September date for admissions

Forres Gazette – LEANCHOIL Hospital will be reopened by September, albeit with a reduced number of beds. The announcement was made by a senior NHS official at a well-attended public meeting about the future of the hospital, held at Forres Town Hall on Friday evening. It has been closed to overnight patients since the turn [...]

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