The Northern Scot

3 days ago | northern-scot.co.uk | Lewis McBlane

Crews linked to the filming of a Hollywood blockbuster, which is set to star Matt Damon, Tom Holland and Zendaya, have set up a base in a coastal village. A white tent and a large wooden boat have appeared at Burghead Harbour, as Moray continues to buzz with excitement ahead of the filming of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey. Scenes are being filmed for his adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic at various locations including Culbin Forest near Forres and Findlater Castle near Cullen.

3 days ago | northern-scot.co.uk | Will Clark

Alana Coutts has won the Moray Ladies' Singles at Forres Bowling Club after a closely fought final against The Elgin's Lindsey Petrie. As expected from a final, neither player was able to put too much daylight between herself and her opponent. With eight ends played, Coutts held a 7-4 advantage, but that was wiped out over the following three ends as Petrie went 10-7 up. With 16 ends played, the score was tied at 12-12. Coutts then won four ends out of five to go 17-13 in front.

3 days ago | northern-scot.co.uk | Kyle Ritchie

A popular Classic Cars and Vehicles Day is set to return this summer. The event will be held in the grounds of Banff Castle on Sunday, July 20, from 11am to 4pm. This year’s event is fully booked for exhibitors with an impressive line-up of vintage vehicles, classic cars and much-loved motors, attracting enthusiasts and visitors from across the region. Alongside the vehicles, there will be stalls, inflatables for the younger visitors and the Castle Garden Café will be open throughout the day.

4 days ago | northern-scot.co.uk | Ewan Malcolm

A total of three candidates were interviewed for a key position at a nursery which is being closed due to a failure to fill the vacancy, it can be revealed. Rainbow Castle Childcare, based on the grounds of Moray Leisure Centre in Elgin, will close for good on Friday, June 27. The childcare facility, which accommodated 57 kids between the ages of two and five, had been without a specialist nursery manager since early March.

4 days ago | northern-scot.co.uk | Lewis McBlane

The founder of Scotland’s only Wild West village has retold his unlikely tale after 20 years in the saddle. Alistair (Ally) Baranowski said the “the time has flown” since he founded Tranquility, a village of eight wooden buildings beside his house in the countryside outside Huntly. Hidden from the public road by a strip of forest near Forgue, the unsuspecting driver would never know there is a fully-fledged Wild West village just metres away.