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Former inmate who bloodied a prison guard after punching him spared another jail term Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A former inmate who bloodied a prison guard after punching him has been spared another jail term. Wayne Martin, 24, was serving a two-year stint at HMP Perth when he attacked Steven Alston on February 6 2020. The thug had been jailed at Dundee Sheriff Court for trying to rob a 17-year-old girl...

Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up When Jim the Janny’s virtual pub first launched at the height of the Covid-19 first wave a year ago, it was supposed to be a bit of fun for friends and family during troubled times. Fast forward 12 months Jim, a janitor from Menzieshill, has attracted 56,000 followers from all over the world, runs sessions every night of the week, has raised more than £12,000 for local chari...

Broughty Ferry lollipop man who kissed and groped child while on duty dodges prison © Gordon Currie Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A lollipop man who kissed and groped a child in a primary school shed while on duty has dodged a prison sentence. Harry Buick, 80, repeatedly kissed the 10-year-old girl on the mouth on various occasions between April 19-26 2010. The pensioner carried out the attacks while he wa...

Covid cases in north-east rise by 22 Updated: 17/03/2021, 2:35 pm © Ioannis Alexopoulos/LNP/Shutters Covid-19 cases in the north-east have risen by 22 in the past 24 hours, the latest figures have revealed. The figures, which are published daily at 2pm by the Scottish Government, show the rise in cases across Grampian, however, no new deaths have been recorded. The north-east’s total now stands at 13,896 following the daily update. Of these new cases, 10 were identified in Aberdeen City and ...

Updated: 17/03/2021, 11:06 am © Gareth Jennings/DCT Media Scots should expect a period of “ongoing confusion” as the country begins to slowly come out of lockdown, a public health expert has said. Hairdressers, non-essential retail and garden centres will reopen in the coming weeks, with pubs and restaurants also getting an idea of when they can finally reopen their doors for the first time since Christmas. From April 2, the current stay at home order for Scotland will be lifted, and repla...

Updated: March 17, 2021, 6:23 pm © SYSTEM A primary school pupil who rapped her way into lockdown is now chanting her way out with her very own sea shanty. Kayla Reid has not let the confines of learning from home dampen her creative sprit, as she released her own homage to the hit sea shanty, “Wellerman” by Nathan Evans. Her new release comes almost a year after the 10-year-old waxed lyrical in her track “Keep Washing Your Hands” on YouTube. The catchy song borrowed the backing track ...

Updated: March 17, 2021, 4:11 pm © Steve MacDougall Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A man has appeared in court today following a dog attack in Aberdeen. An investigation was launched after reports of a disturbance in the Stewart Terrace area of Northfield on Sunday. A 38-year-old man suffered serious injuries in the attack and was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for treatment. A police spokeswoman sa...

Updated: March 17, 2021, 8:15 am © Supplied by Jo Costello A family have thanked a Dundee runner who put his best foot forward to run 48-miles in two days and raise thousands of pounds for a holiday for a young cancer patient. Gary Walls, 36,  let his feet do the talking as he raised money for a school friend’s daughter, Summer-Rose Charnley. The brave 11-year-old is currently receiving treatment for leukaemia at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh after relapsing just before ...

© Shutterstock / Nhemz Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Nine more deaths have been linked to coronavirus in the north and north-east in the last week. The latest data, published by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) revealed that, despite the number of deaths across Scotland decreasing for the seventh week in a row, figures for the north-east have remained consistent for the last four. Between March ...

© Paul Glendell / DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Councillors in Aberdeenshire have approved the local authority’s revenue budget for the coming year – pledging to minimise compulsory redundancies for north-east council staff. The local authority had to find £24 million for the 2021/22 period, with a significant chunk of more than £12 million coming from increased business rates income. ...