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North-east woman to sit in a bath of baked beans to raise funds for Aberdeen care home Updated: 26/02/2021, 1:13 pm © Supplied by Mandy Castleman/ DCT From taking part in Boxing Day Dip to shaving her head, Mandy Castleman is known for doing attention-grabbing challenges to raise funds for Eastleigh Care Home. This year, Mandy, who works for the Peterculter care home as its activities co-ordinator, decided to sit in a bath full of baked beans to raise funds for the care home residents. She is ...

Aberdeen visual inspection company secures funding to advance its technology © Supplied by Air Control Entech Aberdeen-based AIR Control Entech has been awarded £175,000 to further advance its previously developed 4G technology to 5G. The certified remote inspection technology specialist, which streamed the world’s first live offshore inspection in 2017, received the grant from the UK Research and Innovation through the Future Flight Challenge. It will be used to further establish remote di...

Calls have been made to tackle fuel poverty which remains a “very real issue” in rural and island areas of Scotland.

The north-east hotel owners reveal how they managed to cater for up to 45 members of the crew with a limited team.

© SNS Group Injured striker Alex Jakubiak will still play a part for Dundee this season as he continues his rehab following surgery. The 24-year-old has had a stop-start beginning to life at Dens Park after signing for the Dark Blues in the summer following his departure from Watford. After an ankle injury kept him out of the early stages of this season, Jakubiak featured just four times before pulling up in a 2-2 draw in Inverness at the start of December. The Scotland U/19 international esca...

Updated: 24/02/2021, 8:30 pm © Supplied by Cal Reed A multi-agency search was launched in Aberdeen after a member of the public reported seeing a dog in the River Dee. The coastguard, lifeboat, and police were called out to the river near Duthie Park. Someone reported seeing a dog in the river, and a person, believed to be the owner, running after it along the south bank. They then lost sight of the person. No one else in the area reported this concern despite the area being busy. An extensive...

© Supplied by BBC Alba Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up BBC Alba’s long-running Gaelic drama series Bannan has been picked up for a North American launch. Announced by producers Young Films and the sales distributors, Videoplugger, the series will stream on MHz Choice in the USA and Canada from early March. This follows the success of the launch of Episodes 1 – 18 in France, where a further 10 episod...

© Supplied by Moray Council Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up All residents in Keith and the surrounding area have been urged to take coronavirus tests following a surge in cases. The town has consistently recorded the highest total of positive results in Moray. Meanwhile, cases across the region have accelerated after being the lowest on the Scottish mainland for most of the pandemic. Coronavirus cases a...

Man appears in court charged with murder of man in Fife town Updated: February 23, 2021, 8:40 am © PA Archive/PA Images A 29-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a man in Glenrothes. Dale Berwick, of Buckhaven, appeared in private at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court on Monday following a disturbance in the Pitcoudie area of the town, which resulted in the death of a 65-year-old man. Berwick faces charges of murder, assault and resisting police officers. Police activity on Uist ...

Sniffer dog Ted joins drug raids in Aberdeen that lead to two men being arrested after cocaine and cannabis are found.