Moray

Residents in a Moray seaside community must live in fear for their homes for the foreseeable future as councillors threw out plans to protect their coastline. Home owners in Kingston’s Beach Road say that they are now left in an impossible situation where they are in constant fear of flooding, but can’t sell up and … Read more

As the period for responses to a Quality Impact Assessment on Moray Council’s proposals to close seven libraries drew to a close this week, it has been revealed that over 2000 residents filled out questionnaires. The local authority caused a storm of controversy when announcing their budget cut plans earlier this year, saying that they … Read more

The rain may have been pouring for much of the day but hundreds braved the weather to join in Moray’s Armed Forces Day celebrations. Several civic and military leaders joined the public in tribute to those who are serving or had served in the military, with particular emphasis on personnel from RAF Lossiemouth and Kinloss … Read more

US Open tennis champion Andy Murray is preparing for his latest tilt at Wimbledon this week – to a song penned and performed by a former training buddy from Elgin. Keith Meisner never quite reached the tennis heights of his old mate from Dunblane, although the game remains firmly in his sights as a coach … Read more

For a little over two years from November 2010, Moray was served by a pioneering new concept in online news delivery, ‘STV Local’, provided by the digital arm of the national television broadcaster. Alas, what was a great concept – and one that certainly fitted well in Moray – was closed down in this part … Read more