Community

Berry Burn Community Fund has approved grants of a total of £24,210 to four local projects.

Services were carried out at memorials around the area on Sunday and today despite safety restrictions.

THE Cairn has been refurbished by McGregor Memorials.

Forres Skate Park Initiative have put out to tender for a business plan, feasibility and option appraisal.

Forres Area Community Trust plan to restore and make extensive changes to the building.

Moray Firth Credit Union helped raise awareness of the work that financial cooperatives are doing around the world.

Moray Council has agreed to spend up to £30,000 on fixing masonry at the Mercat Cross by next Spring.

Vince Lyon and Bert Logie have been highly commended as High Street Heroes as part of the Scotland Loves Local campaign.

Forres Heritage Trust organised a trail of clues at Cluny Hill to entertain children who would usually be out guising.

Royal British Legion (Scotland) Forres are organising two smaller scale events.

Forres Christmas Lights Committee are illuminating the town without the traditional switch-on events.

Wasteground off North Road is to be turned into a car park for Varis Court staff.

Friends of Blairs Loch are creating a beauty spot worthy of visits from both people and wildlife.

Lorna Creswell BEM is a worthy recipient of the Queen's recognition for all she has done for the area.

Wellside Court care services provider Ark was awarded its highest ever average grades from the Care Inspectorate.

Don Smith and his wife Helen enjoyed a stay at Balnagown Highland Estate and a performance from Forres Pipe Band.

FCC want to improve traffic flow around the takeaways, introduce a 20mph speed limit and improved CCTV, and reduce all day parking.

Marie Jacques handed over £1700 to the Moray Emergency Relief Fund and £160 to a local author writing a guide to the Moray Way.

The Adriana Sjan Bijman Artist Support Fund is open for its third round of applications.

Officers and special constables focused on areas where anti-social behaviour and youth disorder had been identified.