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Eleanor Bradford: Emotional impact of queries on names by Eleanor Bradford © Shutterstock 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 Where does your name come from? How did you get it? This simple question has come up recently as an ice breaker in a million meetings – or Zoom calls – in the new “normal”. It was th...

Officers rushed to Almondbank in Perthshire on Monday morning, accompanied by paramedics and doctors, after reports of the baby's death.

The death of a 44-year-old woman in Inchture is thought to be linked to the all-day siege of a Dundee street.

Snow ploughs will return to the railway line between Keith and Inverurie today after trains were stopped in their tracks by 6ft-high drifts.

Tayside and Fife have registered a further eight deaths from coronavirus and 106 new cases.

Updated: February 15, 2021, 9:12 am © PRESS AND JOURNAL/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 Several north-east roads remain shut today following a weekend of chaotic weather conditions. The A96 Aberdeen to Inverness road was shut between Huntly and Inverurie just before 3pm on Saturday as severe wintry weather m...

The arrival of a new fishmonger to Kinross after a long time without one got me thinking about cooking a lot more fish at home.

Offers over £450,000: Home comes with a castle in the garden © Supplied by Galbraith Born and raised in a fishing family in Peterhead, Sandy Thain was perhaps expected to follow in the footsteps of previous generations – destined for a life at sea. Although he had nothing but respect for those who had gone before him, Sandy opted for an entirely different career. He studied medicine at Aberdeen University and became a GP, before joining the oil industry as a senior medical officer. He led t...

© SNS Group Seventeen points behind leaders Hearts, eight above bottom side Alloa Athletic – Dundee’s stop-start season leaves them in a fight for second place and a shot at the play-offs. More than once this campaign, the Dark Blues have shot themselves in the foot and thrown away points that looked in the bag. Games against rivals Dunfermline and Raith Rovers immediately spring to mind at Dens Park. All four goals conceded in those two key clashes came directly from set-pieces. So, is de...

There is no mistaking the sense of sacred antiquity about St Machar's Cathedral, standing in the heart of Old Aberdeen.