Category: Banff and Macduff

Weather warning issued for Monday 13 January

published on 12th January 2020 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Banff and Macduff, Community Safety, Turriff News, Weather #Tagged: #stormbrendan

Communities are being warned of strong winds which are expected to hit the North East of Scotland on Monday morning

Local MSPs critisise UK budget delay

published on 7th January 2020 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Banff and Macduff, National News, Politics #Tagged: Gillian Martin, Stewart Stevenson

North-East MSPs Gillian Martin & Stewart Stevenson have criticised the UK Governments decision not to announce the UK budget until March branding it “contempt for Scotland”.

Police confirm body found near Macduff as William Hay

published on 31st December 2019 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Banff and Macduff, Police Scotland #Tagged: William Hay

Police Scotland have confirmed that the body recovered from the cliffs to the east of Macduff on Monday 30 December was that of missing William Hay.

Further appeal for missing man William Hay

published on 19th December 2019 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Banff and Macduff, Police Scotland #Tagged: Graham Greig, William Hay

Police in Banff are making a further appeal for help in tracing missing man 35-year-old William Hay.

Renewed appeal to help trace 35-year old William Hay

published on 18th December 2019 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Banff and Macduff, Police Scotland #Tagged: Graham Greig, William Hay

Police Scotland have issued a further appeal to find William Hay. William was last seen in Macduff around 3.10am on Sunday 8 December.

Turriff Advertiser in new ownership

published on 11th December 2019 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Banff and Macduff, Business, Turriff News #Tagged: Edward Iliffe, Iliffe Media Group, Peter Fowler

The Turriff Advertiser is under new ownership for the second time in less than six months.

Re-appeal for missing man William Hay, Banff

published on 9th December 2019 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Banff and Macduff, Police Scotland #Tagged: George Cordiner, William Hay

Police Scotland is continuing to appeal for information to trace William Hay (35) who has been reported missing from the Banff area.

Tory Welfare Cuts Driving Foodbank Demand in North-East

published on 27th November 2019 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Banff and Macduff, General Election 2019, Politics #Tagged: Paul Robertson, Scottish National Party, SNP

New figures from the Trussell Trust show that thousands of three-day emergency food parcels were handed out in Aberdeenshire this year.

Bridge repair schedule annouced

published on 7th October 2019 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Banff and Macduff, Council News, Featured, Traffic and Travel, Turriff News #Tagged: Bruntyards, Fortrie, North Litterty, Peter Argyle

The schedule of emergency repair works on damaged rural bridges has been announced by Aberdeenshire Council.

Mixed Harvest Recovers After Long Dry Summer

published on 22nd September 2018 by Mike Rawlins Categories: Banff and Macduff, Farming, Weather #Tagged: Barley, Brangan Farm, Davie Winton, Haugh of Birse Farm, Ian Sands, Jack Stevenson, NFUS, Spring barley, Straw

After a long, cold, wet winter suddenly turned into the joint hottest summer on record for the UK, Scottish farmers feared the worst for their 2018 harvest but NFUS are reporting better than expected crop yields but straw yields down year-on-year.