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BSE disease confirmed in Aberdeenshire

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In the last year, more than5,300 charges of hate crime were reported to the Procurator Fiscal nationally

Residents urged to report hate crime

Crime

Police Scotland

Residents urged to lock up after thefts

Crime

Eddie Redmayne's signed 'Theory of Everything' script

Celebrities donate items for online auction

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A time for bereaved Scottish parents to remember

Health

Local architects in awards shortlist

Business

New partnership launched to tackle rural and remote crime in the North East

Crime

Major funding boost for Pillar

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CTA

Rail disruption continues

Transport

Macphie has close links with Mearns Academy

Commons praise for Shire firms

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Transport More Transport >>

Rail disruption continues

Transport

Derailment causes disruption

Transport

ScotRail Alliance managing director Alex Hynes

Rail services boost for Mearns

Transport

The Spittal Burn Bridge was damaged earlier this month. Picture: Aberdeenshire Council

Cairn O’Mount reopens

Transport

The new service to Aberdeen Airport is being introduced in November

Airport link to “miss out” communities

Transport

Crime More Crime >>

Residents urged to report hate crime

Crime

Police Scotland

Residents urged to lock up after thefts

Crime

Insp Colin Taylor, Police Scotland; David Fyffe Scottish Land & Estates; Lorna Paterson - NFU; Fiona Robertson - Forestry Enterprise Scotland; Helen Hunter APHA; Cllr Iris Walker ; Supt Murray Main, Police Scotland; Cllr Anne Stirling; Richard Huxtable - RSABI; Paul McGuile - APHA; Jamie Smith - SEPA; Jamie Urquhart - Dee & Don Fisheries; PS Ross Watt - Ministry of Defence Police

New partnership launched to tackle rural and remote crime in the North East

Crime

Police probe Portlethen thefts

Crime

Education More Education >>

Probe after girl goes missing from school

Education

Portlethen Academy was among local secondaries which secured YPI grants.

YPI grants benefit Scotland’s charities

Education

Lathallan School enrolled 70 per cent of its pupils into its successful Duke of Edinburgh Award programme.

Lathallan names number one in Scotland for award scheme

Education

Lathallan pupil Clarence Wei.

Clarence heading for medical career after Higher success

Education

Senior Lecturer Donald Todd demonstrating in RGUs Clinical Skills Centre

RGU welcomes potential nurses of tomorrow

Education

Business More Business >>

Local architects in awards shortlist

Business

Rail disruption continues

Transport

Macphie has close links with Mearns Academy

Commons praise for Shire firms

Business

Derailment causes disruption

Transport

Politics More Politics >>

Villages to benefit from payback orders

Politics

Councillor Leigh Wilson says RBS needs to "up its game".

Bank told mobile service is “not good enough”

Politics

MSP given tour of leading Mearns business

Politics

Aberdeenshire Council

Households urged to complete canvass form

Politics

Peter Chapman MSP

Peter Chapman MSP quits front bench role over shares 'oversight'

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Environment More Environment >>

Beach clean battle gets under way in NE

Environment

Coastal storms at Stonehaven. Picture: Aberdeenshire Council.

New flood early warning scheme

Environment

Waste recycling consultation deadline nears

Environment

More than 600 fleet vehicles have so far been fitted with the technology.

New technology to make vehicles cost and environmentally efficient

Environment

Health More Health >>

A time for bereaved Scottish parents to remember

Health

Travel dilemma...children with cancer have to travel for many miles to receive treatment with their families bearing the brunt of the additional costs.

CLIC Sargent asks government to create patient travel fund

Health

At your service...gas engineers, plumbers, painters, electricians and builders can spend hours, if not days, in customers' homes and often see more than just the job they're called out to do, which is why It's Your Call has been developed.

Scottish tradesmen: it’s your call to help children

Health

Wedding day...just a week after their wedding in August 2017, Nick and Philippa Allan received a call on honeymoon that a donor had been found. Nick said he would be eternally grateful to his donor and their family for giving him "a new life".

Aberdeenshire man’s life-saving call ... on honeymoon!

Health

Face of the campaign...Scottish transplant recipient Gordon Hutchinson visited the illuminated SSE Hydro in a bid to encourage people across Scotland to join the NHS Organ Donor Register.

We need everybody in Scotland on NHS Organ Donor Register

Health