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Today, if you’re a seller, you’re struggling; a buyer, and you could make a killing on the house of your dreams, writes Moreen Simpson.

The impressive life and career of trailblazing Press and Journal reporter, Margaret 'Meg' Johnston, who has died aged 92

From Birkenhead to El Ballet Azul: The Billy Higgins Story Everton’s return to the USA for summer fixtures, after a gap of eight years, offers an intriguing link to the past. One of the Toffees’ opponents will be the Millonarios club of Bogotá, which, 71 years ago, was at the epicentre of a storm over footballers being lured from British clubs to a so-called ‘renegade league’. Everton was one of several clubs caught up in the affair, as players were sounded out about crossing the Atlan...

Born in Newport on September 8, 1881, he finished in 73rd place in the all round competition at the Vélodrome Municipal de Vincennes. That made him the third of the British gymnasts in a field of 135 competitors, all of who took part in 16 events. But more significantly, his performances on July 29-30, 1900, make him the first Welsh athlete to take part in the Olympic Games. Aberaman-born cyclist Tom Linton also took part in Paris in 1900, but he rode in three professional events in Sept...

By Neil Watson Ted Strachan and his front page scoop, One of the North-east’s best-known journalists, and The Press and Journal reporter widely acclaimed for being the first to bring news of the North Sea oil boom, Ted Strachan, has died at the age of 91. The sensational scoop was broken to the world just over 50 years ago by Edward Dean Strachan, who belonged to Elgin and had been industrial correspondent at The Press and Journal since 1964. He revealed that a consortium headed by Phillip...

By The Flying Pigs © Chris Sumner/Aberdeen Journals The latest topical insight from Aberdeen musical sketch comedy team, The Flying Pigs. View from the Midden, rural affairs with Jock Alexander It’s been a fermenting wik in the village. Wi’ local pubgoers still forced tae sit oot in the fresh air, dreaming’ o the day we can again enjoy a lock-in wi’ a bourach o’ sweaty mannies wi’ sharnie beets, we hiv been watching the antics o’ certain popular craft beer companies wi’ i...

By Readers Letters © PA Five years after the referendum on leaving the European Union, Scott Begbie finds nothing to celebrate and reckons the UK has made a huge mistake. I do have a degree of sympathy with this view but feel that poor decisions by some politicians following the Brexit vote have contributed to our current predicament. For instance, in June 2017 PM Theresa May called a snap general election for which she was completely unprepared. The loss of her majority fatally undermin...

North-east dad Allan Smith has started a podcast reading a selection of local news stories from the P&J and Evening Express in Doric.

6 Wonderful Memories of Aberdeen through the Decades By DC Thomson Shop Updated: 26/06/2021, 4:57 pm © Supplied by DCT Media The chosen cover for Aberdeen Memories 2022 Calendar. Celebrating the latest edition of the Evening Express calendar, here are 6 wonderful memories from the Silver City through the decades. Each featured in the 2022 calendar, we with start with a chilly-looking January all the way back in 1969. Get Aberdeen Harbour, 1969. Aberdeen Harbour makes for a classic wintry s...

Ihr Horoskop am 24. Juni 2021 Widder (21. März bis 20. April) Möchten Sie den Tag genießen? Dann erfüllen Sie sich einen Wunsch, den Sie schon lange mit sich herumgetragen, aber doch nie ganz ernst genommen haben. Oder gönnen Sie sich ein paar Stunden der Entspannung, eventuell mit einem lieben Menschen. Sie können sich heute wunderbar wohlfühlen und neue Kräfte tanken. Nehmen Sie Ihre Gefühle ernst! Diesen Vormittag reagieren Sie auf Angriffe besonders emotional. Umgekehrt treten Sie ...