new chairman and committee appointed
By Ryan Crighton

The short-term future of Peterhead’s historic summer gala has been secured following the appointment of a new chairman and committee.
Peterhead Scottish Week is the only event of its kind left in the country. Similar celebrations were common across Scotland [...]

employees launch petition after peterhead branch earmarked for closure
By Ryan Crighton

Staff at an under-threat north-east tax office have launched an online petition in a final effort to save their jobs.
The HM Revenue and Customs office at Peterhead has been earmarked for closure and its workforce [...]

Teen purchasers will go undercover
By Ryan Crighton

EVERY cigarette retailer in Aberdeenshire will be visited by a 16-year-old test purchaser under new council plans to curb under-age smoking, it has been revealed.
New measures to be approved by councillors this week also include plans to inspect and [...]

Dales Park school to be radically modified to provide better access for disabled pupils
By Jamie Buchan

ALMOST £250,000 will be spent upgrading a north-east primary school.
Dales Park at Peterhead is to be radically modified to provide better access for pupils with disabilities.
The job involves widening doorways, [...]

child sex abuse offenders may be given drugs to repress their libido
By Declan Harte

The Scottish Government is looking into the possibility of offering “chemical castration” to paedophiles living in Scotland.
A leading psychiatric consultant has been appointed to work with prisons and social workers throughout the [...]

Man regains confidence after facial reconstruction
By Jamie Buchan

A former trawlerman, who lost an eye in a fishing accident 14 years ago, said new facial reconstruction technology has given him back his life.
Donald Sutherland, from St Fergus, near Peterhead, was left physically and emotionally scarred after [...]

Employee suspended and probe launched into allegations
By Jamie Buchan

Police are investigating allegations of abuse at a north-east care home.
The Sunnybank home at Cruden Bay, near Peterhead, is being investigated following claims that five elderly tenants were seriously abused by a staff member.
The employee was suspended [...]

Pupils to team up with Alesund youngsters in Norway for anniversary event
By Jamie Buchan

PETERHEAD Academy pupils are tuning up for a poignant concert to commemorate the town’s historic links with a Scandinavian city.
Forty years ago, the Buchan port was twinned with Alesund, on the west [...]

batch of highly-toxic substance used to make ‘liquid ecstasy’ uncovered at peterhead
By Jamie Buchan

Detectives investigating the deaths of two men at a flat in Peterhead have uncovered a batch of a highly-toxic substance used to make “liquid ecstasy”.
Legal compound GBL, which is found in [...]

I am writing to you, as I thought that Peterheadnews.com might be the right place to start searching.
You see, we recently found a message in a bottle on a small island off the northern coastline of Norway.  In the bottle there was a beautiful, well kept letter with nice drawings and all. [...]

During the course of the investigations into the death of two men in Peterhead on Saturday 27 September 2008, Grampian Police have recovered a quantity of a substance known as GBL.
GBL (Gamma-butyrolactone) is rapidly converted into GHB (Gamma-hydroxybutyrate), which is known as liquid ecstasy, when ingested into the human body.
Inspector David Smith, Substance Misuse Co-ordinator [...]

Grampian Police in Peterhead are investigating the theft of a memorial plaque from a cemetery.
The theft occurred between Friday 19 September and Monday 29 September 2008, from the Grange Cemetery.  The plaque is described as black granite, approximately 18″ x 12″, with gold writing.
Constable Graeme Cupples, who is the enquiry officer, said:  ”The plaque is valued at [...]