Environment

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.

CONCERN at use of single-use plastics high in Moray and north east Scotland.

Brodie Castle's first gardener Jonathan Barton is scattering his creations around the grounds.

Extinction Rebellion Forres returned to the footbridge over the A96 bypass to raise awareness of the world's climate emergency.

A cygnet with fishing line caught in its bill at Sanquhar was rescued by the SSPCA.

The gardening team is removing non-native species planted for commercial harvesting.

Spencer Julian claims that a friend took a picture of 10 wildfowlers gathered by vehicles at Findhorn Bay.

SEPA has issued issued a flood alert for the Findhorn, Nairn, Moray and Speyside areas.

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

Fires in Culbin Forest over recent weekends burned areas over 15 hectares.

Findhorn, Nairn and Lossie Fisheries Trust, and Wild Things, have managed to hold back the Giant Hogweed tide despite the lockdown.

Forres Area Community Trust have applied to restore and make extensive changes to Forres Town Hall.

Moray Council planners approved the building of 84 private and 28 affordable homes at the 7.6 hectare Knockomie site.

Forres Community Council passed on examples they regularly experience themselves to contacted Inspector Kerry Rigg.

Easing of lockdown restrictions, good weather and uncertainty around holidaying abroad has brought unprecedented numbers of visitors.

The warnings were initially screwed into trees before being removed on environmental grounds and mounted on poles.

Nearly a year after Douglas Urquhart raised his complaint, a local walkway remains overgrown and unusable.

Friends of Blairs Loch have built a bird hide on the water's edge and a bridge to an island picnic table with a panoramic view.

Finderne Development Trust will use Scottish Land Fund support to assess developing community led affordable housing at Brockloch.