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Aberdeen drug dealer who bought stun gun that looked like iPhone for his own protection jailed By James Mulholland Updated: May 12, 2021, 4:33 pm © DC Thomson & Co Ltd Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A drug dealer who bought a disguised stun gun for his own protection but couldn’t get it to work has been jailed for two years. Barry Whyte, 41, told detectives that the weapon, which looked like a...

Revealed: How one Scottish council feared 51 coronavirus burials every day © SYSTEM A north-east local authority was drawing up contingency plans in case it had to bury up to 51 coffins every day at the peak of the pandemic. Newly released documents show how Aberdeenshire Council officials believed they could create the capacity – which is double their normal rate for a whole week. But to handle that number of burials they would have had to suspend all other groundworks in the region, hire m...

Fans will have a chance to see the banner outside of Tannadice Park on what would have been Ralph's 60th birthday.

As part of our focus on nurses from Fife and Tayside for International Nurses Day, we talked to some of the nurses about their career highs and lows.

In photos: A look back at nursing in Dundee for International Nurses Day © D. Jamieson To celebrate International Nurses Day we take a look back through The Courier’s picture archives at some of Dundee’s hospitals and the nurses who worked there. Were you a worker in Dundee Royal Infirmary, Maryfield or Ninewells? Or do you recognise someone in the images? We’d love to hear your stories from those days – and how things have changed for you if you’re still in the profession. Email he...

Updated: 12/05/2021, 5:06 pm © PRESS AND JOURNAL Six Degrees North is shutting its two central belt premises in order to “refocus” their efforts on the north-east. The Stonehaven-born business has announced plans to close their premises in Glasgow and Edinburgh due to the effects of Covid. Three of their bars, in Aberdeen, Stonehaven and Dundee will remain open. Robert Lindsay He said: “Six°North is a business that has an international inspiration, but our heart belongs in the North Eas...

Emergency services called to three-car crash in Aberdeen © Supplied by Google maps Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Police and ambulance are in attendance at Kings Links in the city. They were called out at about 5.41pm and are currently still on the scene. The crash occurred near the junction between Golf Road and Linksfield Road. A police spokeswoman said: “Officers are currently in attendance at Ki...

Teamwork takes us through the tears, joy and challenges: Ninewells nurses reflect on dynamic NHS careers © SYSTEM As part of our focus on nurses from Fife and Tayside for International Nurses Day, we talked to nurses about their career highs and lows. There are 62,346 NHS nurses working in Scotland. Of those, 5,244 work for NHS Tayside. We spoke to four nurses from Ninewells Hospital in Dundee about their profession. Marie (left) and Lynne (right). Marie Maclellan began her career as a nurse ...

Tuesday: Monifieth – Riverview Car Park (football pitches) Tuesday Thursday: Forfar – East Greens Car Park Friday: Kirriemuir – Reform Street Car Park Saturday: Montrose – Baltic Street Car Park Sunday: Carnoustie High School Car Park   Monday: Area Offices/Library, Pitlochry Tuesday: Aberfeldy Community Fire Station Wednesday: Atholl Street Car Park, Dunkeld Thursday: Davie Park, Blairgowrie Friday: Auchterarder Fire Station Sunday: Perth Community Fire Station Tayside residents who d...

Group behind Turriff sensory play park upgrade quit after repeated vandal attacks Updated: May 13, 2021, 2:47 pm © DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Vandals have targeted a play park just months after it underwent a a major revamp. The Den in Turriff was spruced up, with more than £37,000 sensory equipment installed to ensure it was fully inclusive for children. But Friends of the Den, the grou...