Body identified as teenager in boat tragedy

STV – The body washed up at Whitehills on the Moray Firth has been identified as that of a Turriff teenager who was involved in a boating expedition. Grampian Police found the body of 18-year-old Jake Miller at 3.15pm on Monday. The teenager from Turriff, was reported missing at around 1am on Friday June 24 [...]

Heart charity left £2.2 million in will

BBC – A businesswoman from the north east of Scotland has left more than £2.2m to the British Heart Foundation. Sheep breeder Margaret Lyon, from Ardmiddle, near Turriff, died last December aged 77. She was believed to have had several heart operations during her lifetime, and made the charity the sole beneficiary of her estate.

Government orders Turriff mum to take down 6ft fence

Press and Journal – A garden fence at the centre of a neighbourly spat in a north-east town must be taken down, the Scottish Government has ruled. The 6ft timber divide at Turriff was the subject of formal investigation following claims that it could be a safety hazard for children. There were also [...]

Man dies in forklift accident near Turriff

BBC – A man has died in an industrial accident involving a forklift truck in Aberdeenshire. The incident happened at Woodside of Delgaty Farm, near Turriff, shortly before 1100 BST. Grampian Police and the Scottish Ambulance Service were called to the scene.

Drink-driver fined £700 after struggling with police

Press and Journal – Police officers were forced to use CS spray to control a Polish man as he tried to get out of a police vehicle, a court heard yesterday. Tobiasz Kacprzak struggled violently with two officers at Turriff who managed to handcuff him but were unable to control him. Banff Sheriff Court was [...]

Police probe after OAPs die in Turriff fire

Press and Journal – Police are investigating the death of an elderly couple at their home in the north-east yesterday. The pair were found dead following the fire at their house in Turriff’s Tillyfar Gardens yesterday afternoon. Emergency services were called to the fire at 1.30pm and a police cordon was placed around the property. [...]

Little appetite to revive Banff farmers’ market

Press and Journal – EFFORTS to revive an outdoor farmers’ market at a north-east town have been abandoned. The Deveron Producers Direct group started up a monthly market as a trial at Banff last summer after a break of five years. However, it failed to attract the amount of trade anticipated and will not be [...]

Plans for Turriff superstore to be shown to public

Press and Journal – Plans for a new supermarket in an Aberdeenshire town, which have raised fears about traffic disruption, will go on show next week. Proposals for a 34,000sqft store at Turriff were revealed in December by property developer Esson Investments. The site earmarked is at the corner of Market Street and Markethill Road [...]

Contractor bulldozed badger sett

Press and Journal – A badger sett was destroyed by a bulldozer at woodland near Turriff during work to make a fire break, a court heard yesterday. A track was cleared and levelled through the creatures’ home at Hospital Wood, St Mary’s Well, Turriff, by plant operator Michael Duguid. Banff Sheriff Court was told yesterday [...]

Concerns raised over impact of supermarket on traffic at Turriff

Press and Journal – A supermarket planned for an Aberdeenshire town could cause major traffic disruption, a local watchdog group has claimed.There are also fears that the proposed 34,000sqft store at Turriff would harm existing traders in the town centre. Property developer Esson Investments revealed plans for the development last month. The firm said the [...]

Air ambulance called to collision

BBC – One person has been taken to hospital by air ambulance for treatment following a crash on an Aberdeenshire road. The two-vehicle accident happened on the A947 Towie to St Katherines road, about four miles south of Turriff, at about 1120 GMT. A Grampian Police spokesperson said the road had been closed and diversions [...]

Assault victim suffered double fracture of jaw

Press and Journal – The victim of an assault at a house in Turriff ended up with a double fracture to his jaw, a court has been told. Banff Sheriff Court heard he was punched once on the head during a disturbance last summer at a property in Balmellie Street. The attacker was Gary Jamieson, [...]

Patient airlifted to hospital by RAF

Scotsman – AN RAF rescue helicopter from Lossiemouth was called in yesterday morning to airlift an ill man from the Turriff area of Aberdeenshire to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. An ambulance had not been able to reach the patient by road. The heavy snow showers also forced the cancellation of a visit to Moray’s two air [...]

Searching for the purr-fect solution

Banffshire Journal – A TURRIFF cat charity is struggling to find homes for its animals.Turriff and District Cats Protection, which has been going for 10 years, has many cats which have been abandoned or given up for re-homing by their owners, looking to find secure, loving homes. Volunteers of the charity do many things, such [...]

Farmer fears rustlers targeted his sheep

Press and Journal – A NORTH-EAST farmer fears sheep rustlers may have struck after seven of his flock vanished. Sandy Stephen, of Burnside of Idoch farm, near Turriff, found the ewes missing during a routine head count. The Greyface and Lleyn crossbreeds each had a red mark dyed into its fleece behind the left shoulder [...]

Wind turbine proposals fly into a storm of protest

Press and Journal – Proposals for the latest crop of wind turbines in Aberdeenshire have attracted a significant number of objections. Councillors will consider three planning applications next week for a total of nine turbines in the Turriff and Cuminestown areas. More than 40 objections and two indications of support have been received for the [...]

Girl feared for her life in footpath dog attack

Herald Scotland – An 11-year-old girl has told how she thought she was going to die during a horrific dog attack that left her with 18 stitches in her leg. The girl spent two days in hospital after the brown boxer sank its teeth into her leg and refused to let go for more than [...]

Firm chosen for £80,000 Turra Coo site

Press and Journal – WORK to provide a “focal point” for a new sculpture to honour one of Aberdeenshire’s most famous animals is poised to get under way following the selection of a north-east firm for the £80,000 contract. Council officials have been working with three artists who are behind a bronze likeness of the [...]

‘I’m not doing this for the money’

Banffshire Journal – A MOTHER who is suing the driver of the car which killed her teenage daughter stressed this week that money was not the motive behind her decision. Carla Oldham has suffered a backlash in various websites after it was revealed in a national paper last week that the claim for damages over [...]

Salmond heaps praise on success of Turriff Show

Scotsman – FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has hailed the continued success of one of Scotland’s regional shows in supporting the rural economy. Opening a new exhibition hall at the Turriff Show, Mr Salmond said: “The show continues to go from strength to strength and it is a real pleasure to witness another wonderful and varied [...]

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