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Calls for online exercise classes as more elderly people are falling during pandemic © Shutterstock / Halfpoint Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Online exercise classes could be laid on to curb a rise in the number of elderly people injuring themselves after a fall. Health bosses fear lockdown is leading to pensioners becoming frailer and more prone to falling and hurting themselves. The Dundee Health and Soc...

by David Walker and Chris MacLennan February 4, 2021, 5:22 pm Updated: February 4, 2021, 9:26 pm © PRESS AND JOURNAL Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Police are investigating a potential breach of Covid rules after Livingston players and staff were spotted eating inside an Aberdeen restaurant. Players and staff enjoyed a pre-match meal at Tony Macaroni’s in Marischal Square ahead of their 2-0 w...

© Supplied by Met Office Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up An amber snow warning has been issued for parts of Tayside and Fife, after the Met Office upgraded existing alerts. The latest update from the Met Office, which covers parts of Angus, Fife and Perthshire, is in place from midnight on Friday until 6pm on Saturday. The forecaster warns residents of the affected areas that they are likely to experience pe...

Updated: 03/02/2021, 11:20 am © Chris Sumner/DCT Media The low emission zone planned for Aberdeen could “negatively impact” the lives of poorer families, carers, and charity workers according to a new report. There are plans to ban diesel and many older petrol vehicles from Aberdeen city centre. The Scottish Government wants to introduce low-emission zones (LEZ) in Scotland’s four biggest cities. Drivers who flout the rules could face fines. Aberdeen City Council is expected to introduce...

Updated: February 3, 2021, 12:26 pm © Darrell Benns / DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Elgin and Aberdeen mass vaccination centres will be opened for seven days a week in the coming weeks. However, vaccine clinics in Ellon and Alford will be closed, with the staff there moving to the larger sites. NHS Grampian made this announcement as the health board looks to accelerate the pace of vacci...

SGN aim to restore gas to Huntly and Keith today as residents go 24 hours with no supply Updated: 03/02/2021, 11:35 am © Chris Sumner/DCT Media SGN is hoping to restore gas to everyone in Huntly and Keith later today. Residents in the two towns have been without hot water and heating since Tuesday morning due to a “major disruption.” Community spirit came to the forefront in both communities, with heaters and hot food handed out to those most in need. About 4,500 properties in Huntly and K...

Updated: February 3, 2021, 2:39 pm © EVENING EXPRESS Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A man has been taken to hospital after his lorry crashed on the A835 near Garve. A section of the Inverness to Ullapool road has been closed after emergency services were called at 12.15pm. A man has been taken to Raigmore Hospital. The severity of his injuries are not known at this time. The road was fully closed at L...

Seven deaths in north-east as Covid cases rise by 53 Updated: 03/02/2021, 2:32 pm © Shutterstock / Cryptographer Seven north-east residents are among the 88 Covid-19 related deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, the latest figures have revealed. The figures, which are published daily at 2pm by the Scottish Government, show that three residents of Aberdeen City and three residents of Aberdeenshire have sadly died after contracting the virus. The other death has been recorded in Moray. In total,...

by Callum Main and Zoe Phillips February 3, 2021, 2:58 pm Updated: February 3, 2021, 3:07 pm © Chris Sumner/DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Union Flag at Aberdeen’s Town House is being flown at half-mast today in honour of Captain Sir Tom Moore. The tribute comes as a national clap was announced to remember the 100-year-old veteran who died in hospital yesterday after testing posi...

© Paul Glendell / DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The overseer of a Highland bird reserve is keen to progress ambitious plans to further develop what has become a haven for myriad species. Julian Smith has spent more than 30 years painstakingly turning St John’s Pool near his home in Brough in north Caithness into a popular haunt for birdwatchers. He is seeking funding for the £80,000 proje...