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A meeting has been called to discuss how best to support development plans for a Moray village. Controversial plans put before Moray Council to create a new boatyard and cafe in Portgordon brought about the creation of the protest group ‘Save our Portgordon Beach’, who successfully caused a rethink by landowner Gemma Campbell. Ms Campbell’s … Read more
Investigations into possible contamination from a historic gasworks in Moray has revealed an “unacceptable risk” to human health at a Moray housing complex. The investigations conducted earlier this year centred on Burnbank in Fochabers where homes were built in the 1950’s at a site that was once occupied by a gasworks from the later half … Read more
The SNP group at Moray Council is to table a motion seeking a reversal of the decision to close seven libraries and one mobile library in Moray. Following the confirmation by Save our Libraries Moray earlier today that they will launch a challenge to the decision in the Court of Session, the main opposition group … Read more
The Save our Libraries Moray campaign group is to take their complaint against Moray Council to seek a judicial review at the Court of Session. Tory and Independent administration councillors at the local authority are set to go ahead with the closures of seven libraries and one mobile library at the end of November. That … Read more
The search for a new operator for Buckie Shipyard continues despite the setback of the administrators appointed to oversee the closed yard themselves went into administration. New administrators are now in place and are working closely with such as Moray Council and Highlands and Islands Enterprise to secure a future for the yard. In total … Read more
Moray’s councillors will learn this week the results of a staff survey that indicates widespread dissatisfaction over the direction being taken by the local authority. The survey shows that just one person in 10 Council employees believe that councillors are ‘effective leaders’, while they consider that less than one quarter of managers act in an … Read more