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© Chris Sumner/DCT Media Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The four independent schools in Aberdeen have joined forces to help boost youngsters’ mental health as they struggle to cope with the “paradigm shift” of the pandemic. Collectively known as Aberdeen Independent Schools (AIS), they have organised the virtua...

Updated: 15/02/2021, 3:17 pm © Kami Thomson / DCT Media Crime rates during Covid-19 have plummeted in the north-east – a new report has revealed. Assaults, robberies and housebreakings were among the crimes to fall during April to September last year compared with the same period in 2019. Aberdeenshire Council’s communities committee will discuss the Police Scotland performance report for Aberdeenshire from April to September 2020 – the first report to cover the beginning of the pandemic...

Inspectors touring Mowat Court in Stonehaven found residents were sleeping on dirty mattresses in bedrooms with damaged walls and floors.

Updated: February 14, 2021, 8:01 pm © JASPERIMAGE Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Flood warnings have been issued after blizzards left cars buried beneath snow on a major road during a weekend of severe winter weather. A combination of gale-force winds and heavy snowfall resulted in huge snow drifts blocking off roads...

Road closures across north-east as snow drifts and wintry conditions continue to cause chaos Updated: February 14, 2021, 1:59 pm © Chris Sumner/DCT Media Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Severe snowdrifts and wintry conditions have resulted in further road closures and traffic chaos across the north-east of Scotland th...

© Chris Sumner/DCT Media Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Concerns have been raised over a “strain” on fire and rescue services after it was revealed north-east divisions will merge in an attempt to provide an improved service. Bosses of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) confirmed the merger of it north-east ...

Callum, who was giving a nurse from the Jubilee Hospital a lift home to Keith, got out his car to see what the issue was. He said: “Not knowing if it was stuck vehicles or an RTC, I said to the nurse I’m going to go up and have a look and see if there’s anything I could do, make sure it’s not an RTC. “The snow was – I don’t want to embellish it – but it was really blowing, quite fast, and I saw a delivery van stuck sideways across the road. “There was a gentleman there who had...

Updated: February 12, 2021, 10:45 am © Chris Sumner / DCT Media Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A historic landmark on Aberdeen’s Granite Mile could be converted into flats as the owner hopes to help “reinvigorate” the city centre. The Press And Journal can exclusively reveal The Epic Group plans to create 14 hi...

Updated: 12/02/2021, 6:48 pm © Chris Sumner/DCT Media Mowat Court care home in Stonehaven. An award-winning north-east nursing home has been ordered by a watchdog to improve by today after its Covid-19 care was rated weak. Officials from the Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland visited Mowat Court in Stonehaven. It has been told to tighten up its cleaning procedures after discarded PPE in an overflowing bin, and care equipment which had not been cleaned and decontaminated “e...

Aberdeen’s historic Monkey House to be converted into high end apartments © Chris Sumner/DCT Media The Monkey House, overlooking the redevelopment of Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen city centre. A historic landmark on Aberdeen’s Granite Mile could be converted into flats as the owner hopes to help “reinvigorate” the city centre. The Press And Journal can exclusively reveal The Epic Group plans to create 14 high end, two and three-bedroom flats on the three upper storeys of the A-list...