Police warn of dangers linked to new drug

Following concern about the dangerous class A drug PMMA, Grampian Police today confirmed that a small, dealer quantity of the drug was seized in Fraserburgh on Wednesday 27 July.
The drug, which has been detected in powder and tablet form in the UK and abroad and which is sometimes passed off by dealers as a ‘legal [...]

MISSING: Danielle Farrar (14), Fraserburgh/Inverness

Grampian Police is continuing to appeal for information regarding the whereabouts of 14-year-old Danielle Farrar, who was reported missing from her home address in Fraserburgh on Monday evening.
Danielle was last seen at Inverness Train Station, where she was to board a train to return home during the evening of July 4, 2011, at around 9.30pm.
Police [...]

Life sentence for woman who killed her newborn baby

Scotsman – A WOMAN who smothered her newborn baby with clingfilm was jailed for life today. Ineta Dzinguviene, 26, killed her son Paulius Dzingus hours after he was born on April 12 last year. She held a piece of clingfilm over his face and suffocated him. The baby’s body was found in a holdall in [...]

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 [...]

Family and friends gather to make music for young Olivia

Press and Journal – A country singer will perform to raise money for a six-year-old north east girl who suffers from a rare form of cancer. Trevor James Mair, from Lossiemouth, is donating the proceeds of his concert to the Olivia Downie Appeal. The youngster, who stays at Fraserburgh, was given just a 20% chance [...]

Police make £50k drugs haul in north-east

During the weekend (12/13 March), following an intelligence led operation, officers from the Major Investigation Team of Grampian Police, working with Divisional CID and Local Policing Teams, executed a number of Drug Search Warrants in the Banff and Fraserburgh areas of Aberdeenshire whereby a large quantity of Class A drugs with a street value of [...]

NE benefit claimants first to be reassessed

BBC – Incapacity benefit claimants in north-east Scotland and Burnley in Lancashire are to be the first to be reassessed ahead of UK-wide welfare reform. Those deemed fit enough to work, using a points-based system, will be moved to the jobseeker’s allowance. The reassessment was designed to end the one-size-fits-all approach to those with illness [...]

Funeral of stab victim to be held

BBC – The funeral of an Aberdeenshire man stabbed and killed in the Philippines is due to take place. John MacDonald, 27, an officer in the merchant navy, died on 5 September. It has been reported he met a woman he had been in contact with on the internet, before being stabbed by someone said [...]

19-year-old killed in Aberdeenshire crash named

STV – A 19-year-old woman who died after a crash in Aberdeenshire has been named. Grampian Police named the victim of the fatal road crash as 19-year-old Laura Thomas from Rosehearty in Fraserburgh. The accident happened on the A981 road between Memsie and Strichen, near Memsie, late on Saturday night. Miss Thomas was killed after [...]

Hunt for traveller after baseball bat attack on boy, 13

Scotsman – AN APPEAL has been launched to find a traveller who allegedly attacked a 13-year-old boy with a baseball bat. Greig Wilson needed emergency surgery after his right arm was shattered following just one blow from the weapon. It is believed that the man responsible was a traveller, who had set up an illegal [...]

Lifeboat crewmen memorial unveiled in Fraserburgh

BBC – Hundreds of people have attended the unveiling of a memorial to 13 RNLI crewmen who lost their lives in three lifeboat capsize disasters. Two of the men died in 1919, six lost their lives in 1953, and five more perished in 1970. A life-size bronze lifeboatman statue – the design of which had [...]

Crab fishermen rescued after boat capsizes

STV – Two men had a lucky escape when they were rescued by a passing boat after their own vessel capsized. The pair were fishing for crabs with creels off the Aberdeenshire coast when the accident happened, at around midday on Thursday. Crew on a nearby fishing boat saw what had happened and rescued them. [...]

Top three seaside towns all in Aberdeenshire

STV – Residents of Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Stonehaven have the best quality of life among Scotland’s seaside towns. All three towns have higher than average weekly earnings compared to other seaside towns and an above average employment rate, according to a Bank of Scotland survey. They also have considerably lower than average traffic flows and [...]

Ex-policeman supports drug addict’s claim

Press and Journal – A former police officer told a court that a self-proclaimed “loner” caught growing thousands of pounds worth of cannabis plants in the loft of his Fraserburgh home could well have intended to smoke them all himself. William Percy, a former senior member of the Scottish police drug squad, yesterday supported claims [...]

Moving posts was own goal for council

Press and Journal – A NORTH-EAST local authority was forced to pay out £700 after binmen removed goalposts that had been left near a Fraserburgh housing estate, it has emerged. The claim for compensation was among 65 settled by Aberdeenshire Council, amounting to an insurance bill of £31,585. Commenting on the Broch case, a spokeswoman [...]

Man accused of growing cannabis weaning himself off heroin – claim

Press and Journal – A man accused of growing thousands of pounds worth of cannabis in his attic needed a “tremendous” amount of the Class B drug to help wean him off a long-standing heroin addiction, a court heard yesterday. Police officers raided Stuart McGill’s council flat at Fraserburgh twice in six months and seized [...]

Dementia patient loses appeal over her income

Press and Journal – A dementia sufferer from Fraserburgh has lost a court appeal seeking full access to her income. The 37-year-old woman, named only as YW in a ruling by a sheriff, was hoping to overturn a decision by the Scottish Public Guardian which transferred control of her funds to Aberdeenshire Council. The step [...]

‘Perverse’ animal beer bottles sell out in hours

BBC – A controversial beer served in bottles made from stuffed animals and costing £500 each sold out in a few hours. The End of History, made by Fraserburgh firm BrewDog, is 55% alcohol, and came in 12 bottles made using dead stoats, squirrels and a hare. Advocates for Animals had branded the bottles “perverse” [...]

Dead animal beer is criticised as ‘perverse’

BBC – A beer served in bottles made from stuffed animals has been criticised as “perverse” and “pushing the boundaries of acceptability”. The End of History, made by BrewDog of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, is 55% and £500 a bottle. The bottles have been made using seven dead stoats, four squirrels and a hare, said to have [...]

Raids planned to cut illegal cigarette trade

Evening Express – CUSTOMS officials are ready to launch fresh raids on shops in Fraserburgh and Peterhead after 33,000 cigarettes were seized, it was revealed today. Trading standards officers from Aberdeenshire Council are gearing up to work with officials from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) again in the towns.

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