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© SYSTEM Everyone’s a critic. Quite right too. If we’ve spent our hard-earned on a show, book, album, or even a streaming service or the TV licence, we are within our rights to have an opinion about the quality of what is delivered. Walking among us, however, there are some who have been paid for that. I include myself in that. What are the qualifications? Maybe an in-depth knowledge of the subject. Mine have usually been music, comedy and theatre. Aside from the knowledge, though, there�...

Visitor numbers at Highland Wildlife Park on the rise, new figures reveal Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Thousands of visitors are embracing life on the road as the easing of travel restrictions brings a welcome boost to trade at the Highland Wildlife Park. Operators of the Kincraig based park have recorded a steady increase in footfall since reopening in March. Latest figures released by park owners the Roy...

Join the buzz on World Bee Day: Public encouraged to log sightings on app Updated: 20/05/2021, 11:29 am © SANDY McCOOK Citizen scientists are being encouraged to capture any sightings of bees as part of World Bee Day and log them in an app. The Spot-a-Bee app was developed by the school of education at Glasgow University and the school of pharmacy at Cardiff University. It allows users to submit photos of bees they spot while out and about, as well as to log the plants that attract them and to...

James McPake reveals Dundee injury status ahead of crucial play-off final first leg Updated: May 20, 2021, 10:25 am © SNS Group Dundee boss James McPake says he has almost a full squad to choose from as he plots the Premiership downfall of Kilmarnock. The Dark Blues host Tommy Wright’s side in the first leg of the play-off final tonight knowing they are only two games away from a return to the top flight. Long-term absentees Jack Hamilton and Fin Robertson are out but the big concern for Dee...

© Supplied by Lauren Scott Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up An Aberdeen couple are celebrating 60 sweet years together today. Jack Douglas fell head-over-heels for Georgia after spotting her at Stoneywood Paper Mill where they both worked as teenagers. He immediately tasked a friend to ask her out on his behalf, and in an effort to prove he really was a sweetheart, gave her a sweetie in the process. Sixt...

© Supplied by David Mackay Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross is giving money from his first Holyrood pay cheque to a charity in memory of a Moray teenager. Keiran’s Legacy will be given around £800 from the MSP’s salary, we can reveal, following a pre-election pledge by Mr Ross not to take another income on top of his MP’s pay. Keen mountain-biker Kieran McKandie, 16, was cycling from his family home near Elgin in March 2016 when he was struck by a car and later died. His family...

Will the multi-million-pound Union Terrace Gardens project end decades of debate? © Kath Flannery / DCT Media Hopes of reuniting a deeply divided Aberdeen are being pinned to the success of the £28.3 million revamp of Union Terrace Gardens – itself the subject of a decades-long fight over its future. The saga of the redevelopment of the Victorian gardens has rolled on since the summer of 2007 – though calls were already being made to improve safety and the upkeep of the space long before ...

By Dave Finlay Updated: 20/05/2021, 1:10 pm © Supplied by police Edwin Cuschieri A sex predator who raped a woman and girl during a catalogue of abuse was today jailed for 10 years. Edwin Cuschieri, 67, attacked four victims at different places in Orkney during offending that spanned 28 years. A judge told the sex offender that abuse and repeated rapes that he inflicted on one woman who fell victim to him were “very serious”. Lady Scott said at the High Court in Edinburgh that Cuschi...

Moray Council announce financial support available for businesses impacted by Level 3 restrictions Updated: 20/05/2021, 12:40 pm © Jason Hedges // DCT Media Moray Council has released details of the businesses eligible for support due to the extension of Covid restrictions. The region has remained in Level 3 this week following a surge in cases, and will find out tomorrow if the Scottish Government is satisfied numbers have fallen enough to allow the rules to be relaxed next week. Those eligib...

New voluntary parking charges rolled out in Nairn to help with influx of summer visitors Updated: 20/05/2021, 4:03 pm © SANDY McCOOK New voluntary parking charges are being rolled out in a north town in an attempt to raise funds for local infrastructure. Funds raised from the parking fees in Nairn will go towards the common good fund as well as increasing CCTV and ongoing maintenance costs in the town. Highland Council has installed the machines at the Harbour, Cumming Street and The Maggot...