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Residents and staff at Peterhead’s Grangepark Care Home are delighted with a new calendar received from Fife College Learning Centre at HMP Grampian.

The charity Guide Dogs is calling on supporters to get involved in the first ever Pups to Partnerships appeal this October.

People are being encouraged to mark World Porridge Day (Thursday, October 10) by throwing a Porridge Party in aid of Mary’s Meals.

Mr Sandison, (24), was reported missing from Peterhead on Saturday, August 10 following a night out.

Peterhead’s second annual Seafood Festival opened to a rather murky day last weekend, however by the afternoon visitors were enjoying blue skies and even some sunshine.

According to a recent study, more than a million Brits are named after Disney characters.

Leading vet charity PDSA is warning a record decline in the number of young pets receiving their vaccinations is leaving them unprotected and exposed to potentially fatal diseases.

The shopworkers’ trade union is urging all MSPs to back a motion calling for the closure of large shops in New Year’s Day.

A new taskforce set up to address the alarming rise in drug deaths will meet for the first time next week.

Cllr Peter Argyle, Chair of Aberdeenshire Council’s Infrastructure Services Committee has responded to the comments from a local MSP regarding the changes to parking tariffs in the Council’s Pay & Display car parks.

A group of talented young dancers from the Buchan area have been given the opportunity to learn some tricks of the trade from international choreographer and performer Murray Grant.

Aberdeenshire East MSP Gillian Martin has welcomed an announcement that a new process will be introduced to allow animals that have been taken into possession on welfare grounds to be rehomed without the need for a civil court order.

A Buchan MP has welcomed an ‘ambitious statement of intent’ from fishing leaders who want the industry to be the fastest growing part of the Scottish economy over the next ten years.

The first online map showing 28 organised health walks in Aberdeenshire has been launched.

Relatives of a WW2 Canadian Spitfire pilot made the journey from their home in Saskatchewan Canada recently to visit Longside airfield and fly around the same skies.

Banff and Buchan MSP Stewart Stevenson has called on Aberdeenshire Council to review the impact on local businesses of its decision to withdraw free parking periods from its pay-and-display car parks after a bedding-in period.

Buchan folk have the opportunity to hear inspiring life stories from a women’s addiction recovery refuge later this month.

Look out the sweeties, get the popcorn ready - Peterhead town centre could soon play host to a state-of-the-art five-screen cinema.

Local MSP Stewart Stevenson has received details of the commitment by the Scottish Prison Service on support for HMP Grampian to address their staffing issues.