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Dundee college roll out twice-weekly Covid tests for students and staff Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Dundee and Angus College have begun the rollout of twice-weekly rapid coronavirus tests for students and staff. All staff and students who attending the college will be able to take part in the testing programme, even if they have no coronavirus symptoms. It comes after lateral flow tests were rolled out ac...

Brian Cunningham: Tulips on Tour By Brian Cunningham © Supplied by DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up This is such a fantastic opportunity to see the Dutch masters at their best where, as part of the eight-day itinerary, we will visit the incredible Keukenhof Gardens celebrating millions of spring flowering bulbs. We’ll also visit Floriade 2022, the World’s Fair of horticulture that onl...

Have your say: Which design for Aberdeen BHS building is best? © Supplied by Aberdeen City Counci Earlier this week, Aberdeen City Council released striking new images along with a report detailing plans to transform an iconic high street building into a bustling indoor market. The images could be said to resemble something more often seen in cosmopolitan cities such as London’s Borough Market and Barcelona’s Santa Caterina – a high degree of ambition indeed. View of the Mercat Santa Cat...

Concern over shinty TV coverage as fixtures switch faces opposition © Neil G Paterson Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Some of shinty’s showpiece cup finals could be missing from TV screens this year with a move to shift the fixtures from traditional Saturday starts facing opposition. It is understood BBC Scotland and BBC Alba have asked to switch matches to Friday nights or Sundays as they would clash...

Coronavirus in Scotland Across Scotland there were 224 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in the past 24 hours – taking the country’s total number of positive cases to 227,472. A total of 21,669 new tests for the virus reported results – 1.2% of these were positive. There were no new Covid-linked deaths reported in the past day. The data also showed 2,883,384 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 1,450,798 have received their second dose.

© DCT Media RE proposals for a new Dons stadium at the beach, Has anyone asked the people of Aberdeen what they think? Fans and businessmen think it is great but what about the people that live in all the flats? And the folk that take their kids to the beach? The council says it will rejuvenate the town centre, what town centre? They want all the cars and traffic out of the centre, so how are all the fans going to get to the stadium and where are they going to park, as well as the buses of fan...

Updated: May 8, 2021, 2:41 pm © DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The SNP’s victorious Aberdeenshire East MSP has said it would be a “dream come true” if the whole north-east “goes yellow”. Gillian Martin retained her seat with 18,307 votes, while the Conservative candidate Stewart Whyte came second with 16,418. The Liberal Democrat’s Conrad Wood received 3,396 votes, and Labour came...

© Supplied by Mikeysline charity Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A Highland mental health charity hopes a new amateur nature photography competition will encourage people to spend more time outdoors and benefit from nature. Mikeysline will launch the competition on Monday to coincide with the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, with proceeds helping its peer-to-peer support and crisis prevention work...

© Supplied by NHS Greater Glasgow A grateful north-east family has thanked medics following their son’s life-saving kidney transplant. Leo McFaulds from Elgin is on the road to recovery after undergoing renal transplant surgery in February at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. He and his younger brother Samuel were both struck down by the E.coli bug in May last year, which caused Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome – an illness that affects the blood and blood vessels, resulting in anaemi...

© Wullie Marr / DCT Media Kenny Rae has been passionate about video games for most of his life, seeking comfort in consoles as he struggled with shyness while growing up. Now the adult learner has opened up about how sharing his computing skills with others during lockdown helped him to come out of his shell. The 37-year-old, from the Seaton area of Aberdeen, has even received a top award for his work with an education charity over the past year. Kenny said his efforts with the Worker’s Educ...