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Volunteers wanted for community trishaw trials on Sunday

Rotary Club of Forres is inviting the community to try out an £8000 trishaw e-bike for use around the town

Thousands spent on beauty spot workshop

Volunteers have raised £17,000 for materials to build a workshop at a loch.

Scottish airline strikes deal to look at electrifying flights to the Highlands

A Scottish airline that uses Inverness Airport as a major hub is exploring the use of hybrid-electric aeroplanes on its routes.

‘Children and pets are in danger’ - council slammed for using ‘cancer causing’ weedkiller

Residents and councillors living in Moray want an immediate end to glyphosate use in public places.

Volunteers transform section of popular walk

Scottish Gas Networks workers upgraded a section of the Dava Way as part of the company’s community action programme.

Solar firm’s staff to cycle 50 miles for The Oxygen Works charity

AES Solar is fundraising for The Oxygen Works, a charity providing therapies to people with complex health conditions.

Call to improve A96 roundabouts

Forres In Bloom is calling for Transport Scotland contractor Amey to upgrade the town’s major roundabouts’ features

Thousands celebrate park centenary

Forres Events Limited presented a successful event celebrating Sir Alexander Grant’s gifting of Grant Park to the community in August 1924.

RAF base to use ‘sustainable fuel’ for aircraft

An RAF base is set to fuel its aircraft with ‘sustainable’ fuel.

Danger warning after woman burned by hogweed

Wild Things, Moray Council and the Findhorn Nairn and Lossie Rivers Trust need help to prevent more hogweed burns.

Solar panels on prominent buildings may save council £40,000 every year

Councillors will look as the prospect of installing panels on prominent buildings.

Enjoy the last party in the park of the summer

Grant Park 100 features carty races and photography, vegetable animal, digestive biscuit, floral art and decorated cake competitions.

Community groups helped impress Britain in Bloom

Community groups help Forres In Bloom present town at its finest for Royal Horticultural Society contest

Roadworks planned for town centre

Motorists are being advised about more roadworks being carried out for a utility upgrade.

‘It’s going to ruin an area on the Laich of Moray’ – community objects to major development plans

Residents are unhappy over proposals to build a battery storage facility.

Fears 230-metre wind turbines will ‘completely destroy’ much-loved woods

Campaigners have said new wind power and pylon schemes may cause the “desecration” of their rural area.

First beaver cubs born in Cairngorms for 400 years

‘Kits’ caught on camera with their beaver mums.

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Volunteers wanted for community trishaw trials on Sunday

Thousands spent on beauty spot workshop

Thousands spent on beauty spot workshop

Scottish airline strikes deal to look at electrifying flights to the Highlands

Scottish airline strikes deal to look at electrifying flights to the Highlands

‘Children and pets are in danger’ - council slammed for using ‘cancer causing’ weedkiller

‘Children and pets are in danger’ - council slammed for using ‘cancer causing’ weedkiller

Volunteers transform section of popular walk

Volunteers transform section of popular walk

Solar firm’s staff to cycle 50 miles for The Oxygen Works charity

Solar firm’s staff to cycle 50 miles for The Oxygen Works charity

Call to improve A96 roundabouts

Call to improve A96 roundabouts

Thousands celebrate park centenary

Thousands celebrate park centenary

RAF base to use ‘sustainable fuel’ for aircraft

RAF base to use ‘sustainable fuel’ for aircraft

Danger warning after woman burned by hogweed

Danger warning after woman burned by hogweed

Solar panels on prominent buildings may save council £40,000 every year

Solar panels on prominent buildings may save council £40,000 every year

Enjoy the last party in the park of the summer

Enjoy the last party in the park of the summer

Community groups helped impress Britain in Bloom

Community groups helped impress Britain in Bloom

Roadworks planned for town centre

Roadworks planned for town centre

‘It’s going to ruin an area on the Laich of Moray’ – community objects to major development plans

‘It’s going to ruin an area on the Laich of Moray’ – community objects to major development plans

Fears 230-metre wind turbines will ‘completely destroy’ much-loved woods

Fears 230-metre wind turbines will ‘completely destroy’ much-loved woods

First beaver cubs born in Cairngorms for 400 years

First beaver cubs born in Cairngorms for 400 years

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