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Aberdeen woman who hates being cold challenges herself to do 10 sunrise swims in 10 days for cancer charities Updated: May 11, 2021, 12:27 pm © Supplied by Kirsty Johnstone Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The thought of the odd sunrise swim will appeal to many, particularly as the weather begins to improve. But for Kirsty Johnstone her early morning swims are not a one-off – she is doing 10 in a row t...

Updated: May 11, 2021, 5:39 pm © Supplied by Donna Sim Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up An Aberdeen mum has praised a “gem of a guy” for helping her daughter who was stuck in mud searching for tadpoles. Donna Sim, 41, had taken her five daughters – Mary-Jane, 12, Hannah, 11, Skye, 9, Summer, 7 and Rhianna, 4 – to Woodend pond to search for tadpoles on Monday evening when one of them became stuck ...

Plea to patients as Inverness medical practice faces GP shortage © DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A large GP practice in Inverness has asked patients for support and understanding as a shortage of doctors has put it under “significantly more pressure”. The Cairn Medical Practice in Culduthel Road, close to the city centre, said several GPs will be absent from work for several weeks due to...

Tuesday court round-up — Hotel rant and text terror By Crime and Courts Team May 11 2021, 7.30pm Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Text attack Paul Bilan has been handed a three year jail sentence for unleashing an attack on his partner after she discovered his texts to an ex-girlfriend. Bilan admitted repeatedly punching the woman on the head, giving her a bloody nose, at a property in Greenloanings, ...

© Supplied by Yui Mok/PA Wire Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A new study has shown that dolphins could be at risk due to man-made disturbances. Human-caused disturbances such as shipping, tourism, coastal development and oil and gas exploration can negatively impact dolphins’ foraging opportunities. Dolphins’ abi...

Dangerous driver overtook cars before stopping diagonally across A90 Updated: May 11, 2021, 7:55 pm © Supplied by Emma Speirs Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Police in Stonehaven are appealing for information after an incident of dangerous driving on Sunday. The car was travelling southbound on the A90 between Muchalls and Auchenblae Road at Stonehaven at 2.20pm on May 9. The blue BMW X5 was tail-gaitin...

Fraud victims left shocked as King of the Swindlers Alistair Greig has sentenced slashed Updated: 11/05/2021, 5:35 pm © DC Thomson Victims of Scotland’s most prolific fraudster have reacted with shock after his jail sentence was slashed. The fraud was so big – with more than 160 victims – it gained widespread media coverage The two judges sitting at Edinburgh Appeals Court set the sentence start date at March 2020, meaning Greig means he could be out of custody on probation in 2025 on go...

By Kirsty Strickland © Shutterstock / DFree I met a friend for breakfast this week. It’s going to take time to adjust to doing normal things again. I’m still at the Alien on a daytrip from Jupiter stage. ‘’The shine on that cutlery!’’ “A caramel latte, you say? What a concept!’’ Getting dressed for Outside Adventures is the hardest part. If my daughter goes too long between snacks she gets hungry and angry. Hangry. If I wear something that I have to adjust, fix, or be i...

Peterhead school vandalised for fourth time in two weeks Updated: May 11, 2021, 5:17 pm © Supplied by Darrell Benns Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A north-east school for special needs has been vandalised for the fourth time in just two weeks. A fence was broken down and damaged beyond repair in a play area at the Anna Ritchie School in Peterhead last week. A gate broken during the most recent act of v...

Music, dancing and multiple Oscars as Dundee Contemporary Arts cinema reopens Updated: May 12, 2021, 9:14 am © Paramount/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock The last piece of the Dundee Contemporary Arts jigsaw will be in place next Monday, as the cinema opens again. Dancing in the aisles might not be a possibility at the moment, but cinema fans will be pleased that booking is now open for the programme, starting May 17, which includes Oscar winners, world favourites, heavy metal, Madrid during lockdown, a...