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Dundee Council launch new scheme to engage with private tenants © Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/Shutt Dundee Council has teamed up with Generation Rent to launch a new programme of private renter engagement in the city. The council said private renters had “suffered greatly” during the coronavirus pandemic, and the project aims to ensure the council can understand the challenges they face. The council, alongside Generation Rent, also wants to know what private renters know of their rights and...

Zoe helps police seize drugs worth £90,000 in Orkney © Supplied by Orkney drugs dog cha 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 Orkney’s drugs dog has helped police detect and seize substances with an estimated street value of almost £90,000 in the islands in the past year. Zoe and her handler assisted with busts involvin...

Updated: May 7, 2021, 12:08 pm © Aerial Photography Solutions Plans to turn a former opencast mine, the size of 700 football pitches, into a major ecotherapy attraction in Fife have taken a step forward. The 930-acre St Ninians and Loch Fitty site, just off the M90 motorway near Dunfermline, has sold. It was previously earmarked for what would have been Scotland’s biggest art initiative, the Scottish Earth Project. Fife Council reached agreement with new operator Hargreaves to licence the ex...

North-east school pupils bloom in garden design competition © Shutterstock Youngsters from two Aberdeen schools have shown their budding design skills by winning a nationwide gardening competition. Pupils from Milltimber Primary and Cornhill Primary schools have been selected as winners in the Pocket Garden Design Competition, run by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful. Children from as young as three across Scotland were challenged to design a colourful and sustainable garden that c...

Aberdeenshire man to sail around the UK twice to raise money for charity Updated: 07/05/2021, 10:31 am © Supplied by Brian Munro A Kemnay man and his crew will become the first to ever sail a double circumnavigation of Britain next month. Brian Munro dedicates all of his time to sailing and completed a clockwise sail around Britain in memory of his friend last year. Now he is preparing to go to do two circuits of the UK – one clockwise, and the other anticlockwise, while raising funds for Me...

© DCT Media When many were turning their attention towards losing weight after Christmas, one north-east artist was plotting an exhibition to challenge ideas about the so-called “perfect body”. The celebration of body positivity, in the form of a nude art exhibition featuring people of all shapes and sizes, had to be cancelled when Covid cases spiked during the winter and tough lockdown measures were back in. But now it is back on the cards, at a time when more and more people are battling...

Updated: May 7, 2021, 3:50 pm © Steve MacDougall / DCT Media A 16-year-old from Perth has been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged “high value” vandalism at Noah’s Ark soft play centre. Police Scotland were called to the business on Old Gallows Road on Sunday May 2, shortly after 9pm. A clean-up operation was organised by the owners ahead of the activity centre’s planned reopening later in June. Tayside Police Division have now confirmed a 16-year-old has been charged in...

Community urged to volunteer skills to help save 600-year-old Huntly Arms Hotel Updated: 07/05/2021, 3:16 pm © EVENING EXPRESS Members of a Deeside community are being urged to volunteer in a bid to save a 600-year-old hotel. The Huntly Arms Hotel has welcomed guests since 1432, including members of the Jacobite rebellion and prominent royals such as Queen Victoria. The hotel in Aboyne closed its doors in March last year due to lockdown, shortly after being put up for sale. Members of the comm...

Summer Sizzlers: Green veg and feta tabbouleh will get National Vegetarian Week off to the perfect start © Supplied by Discover Great Veg With National Vegetarian Week beginning on Monday (May 10), today’s Summer Sizzlers recipe is the ideal opportunity to offer up a veggie tabbouleh treat. This tantalising green vegetables and feta tabbouleh from the team at Discover Great Veg, is sure to fill a hole as it is packed with lots of delicious veggie goodness. The freshness of green veg, tasty t...

Corner Tree Cafe is a reliable spot for a bite to eat in Aberdeen © Samantha Leckie/DCT Media Social media platforms – like Instagram – are used for sharing pictures, but these days I also use it as a place to find eating out (or in) recommendations, like the Corner Tree Cafe. From food fanatics to friends, everyone seems to love a snap of their foodie finds from across the north-east. I’m always quick to make a mental note of where people are sampling menu. So over time I’ve built up ...