Forres Local 
Forres has continued its unstinting ability to pick up awards for its floral displays. It has once again won a town gold at the 2024 Britain in Bloom awards, this time competing with towns all over the UK. Volunteer Barry Ashby has also picked up a Community Champion award in the national competition. He can … Read more
You can hear it before you see it… the ghoulish cackling of witches, the ominous sound of detached limbs scuttling across the road, and the deep, dark laughter you only get when you’ve passed the point of no return. As if by some sort of spooky magic, when I walked through the driveway of 48 … Read more
Moray Inshore Rescue Organisation (MIRO), based in Findhorn, have received a £1000 donation from funds raised by the Poker Run event recently held at Mr Moto in Forres. MIRO volunteer, Mick Pumfrey, who also helped organise the Poker Run explained: “The Poker Run event held at Mr Moto is a point-to-point event. Each rider has … Read more
You’ve been giving us your recommendations over the last few months for our #foodiefocus feature. This one was suggested by Graham MacKenzie. We’ve been meaning to try The White Hart for a while. As Forres’s newest restaurant, it occupies the upstairs of the Old Market building on Tolbooth Street, where previous tenants Krystoff’s had built … Read more
A new kilt hire and sales outlet has opened on Forres High Street. Sam and Louisa Carter have taken on the former Ladbrokes office and refurbished it into a pleasant and welcoming retail outlet. MacKenzie of Forres will stock a range of tartans, and there are currently 14 to choose from. They also have jackets … Read more
See video on Forres Loves Local Facebook group The Royal Regiment of Scotland (SCOTS) paraded through Forres today as part of their Tour of the North celebrating three decades since they amalgamated from the Queen’s Own Highlanders and the Gordon Highlanders. Forres was their second stop, having also paraded in Nairn earlier, and heading to … Read more
Moray Council has today (Wednesday 18 September) launched a common good consultation, proposing to use part of Roysvale Park in connection with the new Forres Academy. The Education, Children’s and Leisure Services Committee agreed on 22 May 2024 to the recommendation that the Applegrove/ Roysvale site be the preferred development option for the future Forres … Read more
A successful dress shop owner who moved to Kinloss to retire has re-ignited her passion for fashion and is all set to open a new clothes shop in Forres high street. Carol Woodhouse runs a busy clothes shop, InStitches, in Nairn, but when the time came to retire, she started to wind down the shop, … Read more
A Buckie man who served in the British Army has been appointed manager of the soon-to-be-opened Erskine Veterans Activity Centre (EVAC) in Forres. The Erskine Veterans Charity is currently transforming the old Victoria Hotel on Tytler Street into a vibrant hub for Veterans, and the new centre is expected to become a cornerstone of community … Read more
An unauthorised encampment of ‘travellers’ has moved in at the former Leanchoil Hospital on St Leonard’s Road. Several vans and caravans appeared this morning (Thursday 5 September) in front of the building, which is currently out of use, and awaiting planning permission for conversion into a multi-generational activity centre by the Leanchoil Trust. However, the … Read more