Forres Local 
A photographer who dreams of making a living taking pictures of people has been getting creative with his lockdown time. Ryan Macpherson (37) was furloughed from his job in road construction, which meant he had more time on his hands for following his passion for taking pictures. However, with social distancing measures in place, he … Read more
Kerbside glass recycling collections will be reinstated for Forres households from 1 June on a three-weekly cycle. The extended time between collections has been set to comply with social distancing instructions and householders should present their glass recycling with their green, pink and blue bins, and all will be collected on the same day. Meanwhile, … Read more
Forres House Community Centre will open specially on Tuesday 2 June when the Blood Transfusion Service rolls into town for the day. It will likely become the only place in town you can go for a sit-in cup of tea and a biscuit, the famed reward for giving away a pint of your blood. Visitors … Read more
Moray MP Douglas Ross has resigned from his Government position in the Scottish Office following the full statement yesterday from Dominic Cummings over his controversial trips to Durham during the lockdown. Commenting Douglas said: “I received many representations about this matter and fed these into government over the weekend, but I held back from commenting publicly as … Read more
A young brother and sister from Forres who have been helping their publican dad raise thousands of pounds for charity have been invited to join prime time DJs on MFR, who said their amazing confidence made them ‘presenters in the making’. Leo and Frankie Brailsford, son and daughter of Gordon and Melissa from the Mosset … Read more
No new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the NHS Grampian region which covers Moray, as of 23 May. This is the first time there has been a zero increase overnight since lockdown began and our own tracing of the ‘curve’ shows that it does finally appear to be flattening out in the region. … Read more
The Rotary Club of Forres, which exists to supports good causes in and around the area, is managing to keep up its good work and have social gatherings at the same time, albeit remotely. President Tony Galloway explains: “At the start of the Covid-19 crisis, it seemed that the Rotary Club of Forres would have … Read more
The recycling centre at Waterford is set to re-open on Monday 1 June. A booking system will operate to manage traffic in and around the site, and to maintain strict physical distancing. In total, more than 2,500 booking slots will be available weekly across Moray Council’s recycling sites in Elgin, Forres, Buckie and Keith. Opening … Read more
The Scottish Government has today published a route map for how we can move carefully out of lockdown from 28 May. For those who are shielding, this continues until 18 June and will be reviewed again then. Remember that we remain in lockdown and restrictions will not change before the 28 May.
A dog walker has described a popular woodland path as ‘disgusting’ after finding it littered with broken glass, faeces and tissues. The path around the Enterprise Park outside Forres is popular with workers from the local businesses and people from Forres who walk their dogs. Gemma Johnson contacted us to say: “I’ve walked my dogs … Read more