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Incident management team tasked following ‘unusual infections’ at Aberdeen children’s hospital Updated: May 17, 2021, 5:49 pm © PRESS AND JOURNAL Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up NHS Grampian has set up an incident management team (IMT) after a small number of unusual infections were detected at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital (RACH). The health board said due to the small number of patien...

By Readers Letters © Andrew MacColl/Shutterstock I am struck by the apparent claim that there is not a mandate to call a second independence referendum, given that, by itself, the SNP does not command an overall majority. To initially highlight the scale of the SNP victory, the party achieved 47.7% of the constituency vote in these elections. That is the highest achieved by any party since Labour’s victory in the 1966 UK General Election when it achieved 48% of the vote, including 49.8...

Pay unsung heroes of the volunteer coastguard, union demands © SYSTEM A union has warned it is prepared to take legal action on behalf of thousands of volunteer coastguards unless they become paid employees of the UK government. GMB Scotland said more than 2,800 rescue workers across the UK were “denied even the most basic rights of respect and recognition” by their employer, Her Majesty’s Coastguard, which is part of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency ( MCA). Prepared for legal action T...

Updated: May 17, 2021, 6:50 pm © SYSTEM Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A union has warned it is prepared to take legal action on behalf of thousands of volunteer coastguards unless they become paid employees of the UK government. GMB Scotland said more than 2,800 rescue workers across the UK were “denied even the most basic rights of respect and recognition” by their employer, Her Majesty’s Coast...

Two-vehicle crash closes part of A90 Dundee to Aberdeen road Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Emergency services attended at the accident, southbound on the road near Oathlaw, Forfar. Police said this evening there were no life-threatening injuries. Carriageway reopened A spokesman for Police Scotland said: “Police were called around 6.50pm on Monday May 17, following the report of a two-vehicle road crash o...

Updated: May 17, 2021, 7:48 pm © Supplied by Google Maps Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A woman has been assaulted near a Banff playpark when a man tried to snatch her bag off her. The 50-year-old was walking at the bottom of Cramond Terrace at the time of the incident on Saturday afternoon. Police say the woman has been left “extremely upset” by the incident. Police launch investigation after assa...

© SYSTEM Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Police are appealing for the help of the public to trace a 38-year-old man reported missing from Dundee. Darren Forbes was last seen around 9.30am on Monday May 17 in the Dalgleish Road area of Dundee. He is described as slim, around 5ft 9ins to 6ft, and has short, light brown hair and may have facial hair. ‘Please get in touch’ He was wearing a dark hoodie with a...

There are efforts to control the algae on the duck pond at Brodie Castle before it removes oxygen from the water and harms wildlife

Wood turning showman Patrick Forsyth who drew crowds in Fraserburgh dies aged 89 © DC Thomson Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Craftsman Patrick Forysth, who has died aged 89, thrilled generations in Fraserburgh with his wood-working street shows. He was famed for his ability to make a wooden egg cup in three minutes and locals and tourists would gather to watch him work. Patrick, who ran a shop off Broa...

NHS Grampian has set up an incident management team after unusual infections were detected at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.