Forres Local 
💙 Scotland Loves Local Week – 28 Aug–3 Sep 💙 Murdoch Brothers is one of the longest-established businesses in Forres, having started in 1916. One of three butchers on the high street, it offers a huge selection of fresh meat and read-to-cook products and pies. This is a genuine example of a family business, now … Read more
This week (28 August to 3 September) we’re featuring town centre businesses to highlight the first Scotland Loves Local Week, which is championing the fabulous shops and business we have on our doorstep. For more than 16 years, Laura Hanson has run her popular, quirky shop on the high street, and without a doubt, it … Read more
This week (28 August to 3 September) we’re featuring town centre businesses to highlight the first Scotland Loves Local Week, which is championing the fabulous shops and business we have on our doorstep. Pearl runs a pet shop on Tolbooth Street with a huge selection of supplies for your animal friends. She is a well-known … Read more
The former TSB Bank on Forres High Street, which closed in 2022, has re-opened this week as a fitness studio. And the new owner of 156 High Street is a karate instructor who has studied with Japanese masters. John Craig taught martial arts in Forres before Covid, and never had the opportunity to return, until … Read more
The water fountain in Grant Park has been switched off just weeks after being installed. The bright blue fountain that gained hundreds of reactions when we posted news of its arrival on our Facebook Group, is now wearing a similarly bright blue waterproof, after damage to an underground connection was discovered by Scottish Water. The … Read more
A young family who farm a herd of buffalo near Forres will feature in the next series of This Farming Life, starting next week. Ollie and Nikki Lake run Thorabella Farm in the hills outside Dallas, and as well as buffalo, have goats, pigs, Highland cattle, rabbits, chickens and wallabies! The pair sell their meat … Read more
When i think of harmonies, two bands spring to mind – The Carpenters and the Lush Rollers. Two very different groups, but one very similar feature. Recently I went to see Blood Harmony in the Universal Hall. Blood harmony is a phrase in Iceland which refers particulay to the musical bond between family members, and … Read more
Parts of Forres Academy will be closed off when it reopens for the 23/24 school year after the discovery of potentially hazardous building materials used in its construction. The limited durability of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) roofs and other RAAC structures has long been recognised; however the problem may be more serious than previously … Read more
Mount Dora Pipe Band will play alongside their twin town band during a one-day visit next week when they travel from Florida to Newtonmore, Inverness and Forres. The pipes and drums from across the pond arrive on 3 August to play at the Newtonmore’s annual gathering. They will then spend a day touring the Highlands … Read more
More than 100 gleaming motorcycles gathered at Mr Moto’s bike centre at the weekend for their first ‘Poker Run’. The event was held to give bikers a chance to meet and socialise in a mass ride-out which took them on a circular route through Nairn, Grantown, Ballindalloch and Aberlour, and scheduled stops at distilleries. Participants … Read more