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Updated: January 29, 2021, 9:48 am © Supplied Singing star Be Charlotte has latched onto the latest social media craze – and added a Dundee spin to a century-old sea shanty. The singer-songwriter’s version of the Wellerman song has racked up over 40,000 hits on TikTok, her first to go viral on the popular video app. And her cover of the song, which was sang by ship workers in the 19th Century, even gives a nod to the city’s own RRS Discovery. Be Charlotte, whose real name is Charlotte Br...

© Supplied Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Community groups across Moray have shared £189,000 in grants from a Speyside wind farm fund The awards are the first batch of money to be allocated from EDF Renewables’ Dorenell development near Dufftown. The Tomintoul and Glenlivet Development Trust received the biggest boost with £42,400 to hire a development officer for two years to promote projects and ...

by Sponsored Content Updated: January 29, 2021, 2:31 pm © Supplied by CMS Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Craig Wilson, a senior associate with law firm CMS in Aberdeen, discusses energy transition and the oil and gas industry. Last year was a year like no other, especially in the north-east. Covid-19 lead to a crash in oil prices which had a crippling impact on the oil and gas industry. But oil p...

© Supplied by Met Office Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Met Office has issued a new weather warning for the north and north-east. The alert for ice will come into force at 4pm today, and remain in place until 11am tomorrow. According to the forecaster, the region most at risk includes Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Inverness and parts of the Highlands. The latest forecast said: “Rain and some hi...

Police called twice in weeks leading up to tragedy The court heard that in the weeks leading up to her death, 59-year-old Mrs Milne had called the police amid concerns her son would damage her car or house after she refused him cash. On that occasion, on June 22, 2019, Milne told officers his mother was overreacting because he had drunk the last of the milk. Two days, later on June 24 2019, she phoned the police again. Advocate depute Angela Gray QC said: “She told the operator her son had me...

SPONSORED: Fife College offers free online courses to help you start 2021 on a new path by Courier Commercial © Supplied by Fife College Starting this February, Fife College will be offering a series of free, online courses to help those who have been impacted by the economic downturn caused by the Coronavirus. The past eleven months have been incredibly tough for many people throughout Fife. Across the region individuals have found their job under threat, or in the worst cases have seen...

Sheriff Jamie Gilchrist QC raised concerns on the Victim Information and Advice (VIA) service, saying he has “no faith” in it.

© Shutterstock Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A Highland MSP said she was left “exasperated” by the response from the government to complaints about collection of Covid home test kits. Rhoda Grant took up the case of Skye man Daniel Barratt who had difficulty getting home tests for himself and his wife collected. With no priority mailbox for the tests available, the 38-year-old self-employed carpen...

Six-figure Angus empty homes fund launched to help bring properties back into use © D C Thomson & Co Ltd Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A £100,000 cash carrot is being dangled in front of Angus property owners to bring empty homes up to scratch. The area is thought to have around 1,200 of Scotland’s 47,000 long-term empty properties. ...

Men who helped break up fight at city nursery sought by police © PA Wire/Press Association Images Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Two men who helped break up a fight outside a Dundee nursery are being sought by police. The pair were in a car on the city’s Longhaugh Road at the time. Police Scotland say they intervened to break up an alt...