Peterhead, Scotland News

I see that Steven Bothwell has not received planning permission for the small cafe he wished to build in Rubislaw Terrace Gardens - what a shame.

A PETERHEAD man has criticised Aberdeenshire Council workers for failing to deal with a nasty damp problem in his local-authority-owned home.

YOUNGSTERS from a popular Peterhead playgroup recently enjoyed a festive day out to Alford for some carol singing and a visit to Santa's grotto.

Grampian Police in Aberdeenshire are gearing up for the festive season with extra patrols.

A PRISON boss who left Scotland to run jails in a sunny Caribbean paradise has been found dead in a swimming pool.

STAFF from the Happy Plant Garden Centre in Mintlaw joined social workers in receiving a car-load of generous gifts for its Christmas 'Giving Tree'. Peterhead recruitment and employment agency, Genesis, donated the gifts to the 'Giving Tree', in the hope of offering some of the area's less privileged youngsters the chance of a happier Christmas.

TWO child-sex fiends have called off their prison wedding after a lovers' tiff. Beasts William Duncan, 26, and Peter Murning, 23, had applied for a licence to hold a civil ceremony in Peterhead prison, Aberdeenshire, home to some of Scotland's worst perverts.

X FACTOR winner Alexandra Burke wants a 10 jar of honey in her dressing room when she performs in Peterhead tonight.

SEX monster Angus Sinclair was let out of jail to sell toys to children. Bosses at Peterhead jail let the psychopathic killer and paedophile come face to face with kids as he ran a toy stall in a sleepy fishing village.

Multimillion-pound plans to create Aberdeenshire's first crematorium will be unveiled tonight.

People in the north-east have been warned that waste incinerators will be needed to tackle the area's reliance on landfill after councils in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire missed crucial environmental targets.

Aberdeenshire's Democratic Independent councillors have won new committee places as a result of Cllr Mark Cullen joining the group, taking it from four members to five.

"Members will be asked to note that no contracts regarding the supply or potential supply of the municipal waste have been awarded to the applicants by either Aberdeenshire or Aberdeen City Council" Aberdeenshire Council planners By Morag Ledingham BUCHAN councillors will be asked to refuse permission for a controversial waste to energy plant on ...

A MAN and woman appeared in court yesterday charged with murdering 28-year-old Martyn Stewart whose body was discovered at a Peterhead flat at the weekend.

A MAN and woman appeared in private at Peterhead Sheriff Court yesterday, charged with the murder of drug addict Martyn Stewart, whose body was found at a flat in the town at the weekend.

When Alexandra Burke gamely agreed to play a gig as a competition prize, she probably had some vast venue in a hot rockin' city in mind.

A woman and a man have been arrested after the discovery of a 28-year-old man's body at a flat in Aberdeenshire.

A KINKY visitor was kicked out of a jail for having a sordid romp with a caged murderer.

Four people were arrested in connection with a haul of drugs worth more than A 20,000 seized by police in raids in the north of Scotland.

PETERHEAD Community Council members are to call on Aberdeenshire Council to prohibit buses from the town's precinct area.