Inverness-based marine equipment and services company Gael Force has acquired Varis Engineering in Forres.

BBC: Gael Force Group takes over Varis Engineering in Forres

Gael Force Group now employs 180 staff at bases in Stornoway, Inverness, Forres and Plymouth.

BBC: Gael Force Group takes over Varis Engineering in Forres

She was transported on 4 May 1663, the day her last victims were burned in Forres.

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The Banffshire Journal, Forres Gazette, Inverness Courier, Northern Times and North Star are among its other newspapers.

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The stores that will close are in Forfar, Dingwall, Forres, Broughty Ferry, two in Inverurie, two in Dundee, and seven in Aberdeen.

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Located just outside the ancient market town of Forres, the well-preserved Victorian distillery was the last one to be built in the 19th Century.

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Mr Siddique, Mr Andonov and Mr Nikolov deny conspiracy to murder and murdering Toby Siddique on 24 October last year at a flat in Forres Drive, Glenrothes.

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At Benromach, also just outside of Forres, enjoy a tasting tutorial with a pour of the award-winning, richly-flavoured Benromach Single Malt in the old Drier House, now the Malt Whisky Centre.

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