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Blue Lamp landlord Sandy Brown to be remembered with new book Updated: December 16, 2020, 11:51 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 commemorative book has been released in honour of the “legendary” landlord of Aberdeen pub The Blue Lamp. Featuring short stories, poems and anecdotes from ...

Aberdeen rail services restored amid hike in train passenger numbers © Kami Thomson / 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 north-east has bucked a national trend when it comes to rail travel, with a steep rise in the number of passengers travelling by train. Across Scotland, customer numbers on the railways h...

Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A man who died in a four-vehicle crash on a notorious north-east road has been named locally as “committed and vital” Turriff United Football Club committee member Web Duncan. Police, paramedics and four fire crews were dispatched to the scene of the collision on the A947 Aberdeen to Banff road at Hattoncrook, near Whiterashes, at around 8.50am on Friday. Mr Duncan, 62...

Plans for two Aberdeen developments with more than 200 properties given go ahead Plans for flats at Maberly Street were refused by planners. Plans for multiple residential developments in Aberdeen have been given the go ahead. The planning development management committee met on Thursday to discuss a number of different proposals. Plans to create a mixed-used development application at Alba Gate in Stoneywood were also approved conditionally, which will see the former officer block redeveloped ...

© Chris Sumner / DCT Media Broomhill Primary School in Aberdeen. Work to help extend early learning and childcare provisions at an Aberdeen nursery has taken a step forward. Broomhill is one of the sites included in phase one and two of the local authority’s work to either extend schools and nurseries, or re-model the buildings. As well as Broomhill, similar work is underway or about to commence at Culter and Cults, Charleson, Loirston, Kingswells, Tullos and Woodside. Aberdeen City Council ...

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Christmas trees in short supply as families seek festive cheer amid pandemic © 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 Families seeking festive cheer amidst the toughest of years have unwittingly contributed to a shortage of Christmas trees. Garden centres across the north and north-east have seen suppl...

North-east woman spreading Christmas cheer through festive trail for youngsters © Chris Sumner/DCT Media Residents of Torphins are being encouraged to decorate their houses. A woman is spreading Christmas cheer to youngsters in a north-east village with a festive trail. Debbi Glennie, who lives in Torphins, is encouraging children to go on a tour of the village and count the number of decorated houses they can see along the way. The idea came after a similar trail was held for Halloween, with ...

Flat plans for former Aberdeen printworks refused by councillors Updated: December 10, 2020, 8:25 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 Plans for 17 flats on the site of a former Aberdeen printworks have been thrown out by councillors. Aberdeen Capital Investment Ltd wanted to demolish the form...