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- City bed tax 'is ill-considered'
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News
Tayside Police issue Glamis Gathering traffic advice
Glamis Gathering takes place on Sunday, May 20 at Glamis Castle. Gates are open from 10.30 am onwards. A large volume of traffic is expected. In order to prevent congestion in the surrounding area, it is requested that traffic attending the event follows the travel routes provided.
Police appeal for witness to collision
About 5.50pm, on Thursday May 17, on the C51, road between Woodville and Connonsyth, near to Arbroath, a serious road traffic collision occurred between a silver coloured Honda Civic motor car and a blue coloured Vauxhall Astra motor car.
Councillors plans for Brechin video
Newly elected councillors Mairi Evans and Jim Houston talk about their plans for the next five years at Angus Council.
Brechin SNP celebrates success
At the monthly meeting in the Caledonian Hotel, Brechin Branch SNP members celebrated the re-election of Mairi Evans and the election of Jim Houston to represent Brechin and Edzell Ward on Angus Council.
Big Jubilee lunch celebration plans
Members of the Brechin community have the chance to join together to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee with a Big Jubilee Lunch on Sunday, June 3.
Sport
Darts trophies
Members of the Brechin Ladies Darts League gathered in the Parkview Bowling Club premises for the annual pesentation of awards to mark the end of the 2011-2012 season.
Mixed fortunes as Under-15s lose and Guthrie Park win
Jake Harrison’s early season good form just failed to inspire the Brechin Buccaneers Cricket Club under-15s to a second successive win at a scenic Dalnacraig ground Dundee last week.
Angling
THINGS have been picking up a bit at Rescobie Loch of late, with some really good baskets coming off.
Cricket
THE BRECHIN Buccaneers under-15s had the best possible start to their season on a cold overcast night at Guthrie Park. Strathmore road into town with high expectations to continue their dominance over the home team.
Spanner in the works?
WITH the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation annual conference due to be held in Edinburgh from June 5 to 8 local coastal fishery Usan Salmon Fisheries have thrown a massive spanner in the works with the purchase of the dormant netting stations at the mouth of the Thurso and Deveron rivers.
Lifestyle
Sweeping aside musical boundaries
AUSTRALIAN entertainers, Cloudstreet, are the guests at Montrose Folk Club in the Links Hotel, Mid Links, Montrose next Tuesday evening at 8 pm.
Romantic tragedy
TAYSIDE Opera will be performing a concert version of Verdi’s Opera “La Traviata” at Brechin Mechanics’ Institute on Saturday, May 19, from 7.30pm.
NYCoS Angus Choir appeal
NYCoS Angus Choir is searching for the next intake of young singers and is hosting a recruitment workshop at 5.30 pm on Thursday, June 14 at Forfar Academy.
Rotary club hears of national conference
At last week’s Brechin Rotary Club meeting, the secretary David Robinson gave a presentation about the recent national Rotary International of Great Britain and Ireland conference at the Bournemouth International Centre, which he attended with his wife Brenda.
Artists at Hospitalfield
THE programme of events at Hospitalfield, Arbroath continues this Friday with a Tartan supper with traditional music at 7.30 pm.
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Community
Tree planting
Tarfside Primary School Pupils were invited by Mr and Mrs Hemmings to plant out horse chestnut trees at Auchmull.
Keep it clean
Pupils at Andover Primary School showed how much they hate litter on Friday, when they took part in the National Spring Clean event. The pupils hope their actions will have a positive impact on their school grounds and the paths nearby. It is also hoped that the litter pick will show the rest of the community how big an issue litter has become – and that dropping it is not acceptable.
Pain management course gets underway in Brechin
A NEW pain self-management course aimed at helping Angus residents living with pain has started in Brechin.
Awareness raising plans
A CAMPAIGN set up by the Pregnancy Sickness Support aims to raise awareness of Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) amongst GPs and sufferers.
Can you help with festive fair plans?
Andover Primary school has sent out an appeal to the local community to help find members of the community who would be willing to organise their Christmas Fair.
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Weather for Brechin
Friday 18 May 2012
Today
Light rain
Temperature: 4 C to 7 C
Wind Speed: 24 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Light rain
Temperature: 3 C to 8 C
Wind Speed: 24 mph
Wind direction: North east
