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The lighthouses of the north-east of Scotland were among the most innovative, finding new ways to help save lives at sea.

By Reporter © DCT Media Seared halibut main. Despite staff being slightly too attentive, our restaurant reviewer found the seafood offering at the Silver Darling to be delicious. Where’s your favourite place in Aberdeen? Torry Battery is right at the top of my list. It offers some of the best views of the Granite City: golden sand stretching as far as the eye can see to the front; the spires of Castlegate to the far right; Girdleness Lighthouse behind and, of course, the harbour below...

© Supplied by Alan Jones Metal model of the schooner Isabella under construction at the workshop of the Stonehaven Banksy - Jim Malcolm. 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 daring rescue of a shipwrecked schooner’s crew is the inspiration for a new public artwork by the “Stonehaven Banksy” – the first to be lo...

Stonehaven ‘Banksy’ is back – with a shipwrecked schooner to kickstart the recovery By Joe Churcher © Supplied by Alan Jones Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The daring rescue of a shipwrecked schooner’s crew is the inspiration for a new public artwork by the “Stonehaven Banksy” – the first to be located outside his hom...

Step back in time: Girdleness Lighthouse © Supplied Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Girdleness Lighthouse is one of the most iconic landmarks on Aberdeen’s skyline, standing guard between sea and shore as a beacon of safety. Its history, though, is rooted in tragedy. In 1813, the whaling ship Oscar was dashed against the coa...

Step back in time: Girdleness Lighthouse © Supplied Girdleness Lighthouse is one of the most iconic landmarks on Aberdeen’s skyline, standing guard between sea and shore as a beacon of safety. Its history, though, is rooted in tragedy. In 1813, the whaling ship Oscar was dashed against the coast at Girdleness Bay in a brutal storm and sank with 42 sailors aboard. There were urgent calls for a lighthouse – made stronger by two subsequent tragedies at the same spot when the Caledonia and the...

Firearms found after man shot at Aberdeen Harbour Updated: 26/02/2021, 6:01 pm © Darrell Benns / DCT Media Police at the scene on Greyhope Road. A man has admitted shooting another male with an air rifle at Aberdeen Harbour, as well as possessing a string of other firearms. Mark Raymond recklessly discharged the air rifle at the Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project on Greyhope Road, striking Nasir Begum on the body with a pellet. The 29-year-old also shot at a CCTV camera in the area, but was cl...