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Updated: 07/05/2021, 5:31 pm © Mhairi Edwards The Courier, CR0025331, Neil Henderson story, News, St Andrews is one of several Scottish universities being supported by the Scottish Government to set up temporary testing centres to offer students Covid tests before they leave for home at the end of term. The St Andrews testing centre will be undergoing final checks today before opening tomorrow (Saturday) Picture shows; Professor Terry Smith, Test Supervisor, sits at an operator station and use...

‘We are terrified’: Scottish expats in Greece battle red tape nightmare to get Covid jabs Updated: May 24, 2021, 10:46 am © Supplied by Alison and Drew Friz Former Isle of Lewis couple, Alison and Drew Frizzell, cant get a Covid-19 vaccine as tourists are set to arrive on Crete. 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 Ali...

© Supplied by Marys Meals 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 Oban residents who are giving their homes a spring clean are being asked to make donations to the local Mary’s Meals charity shop and help feed hungry children around the world. Items which are no longer wanted by one person can prove useful to another. Now t...

Offers over £625,000: ‘Baronial’ home boasts peace and all mod cons Updated: 07/05/2021, 6:54 pm © Supplied by Mackinnons To look at Woodcorner is to feel a stirring of magic, and the feeling you are home at long last. Whether it’s the pale pink facade, the princess-style turret or the beautiful countryside setting – this six-bedroom family home is sure to cast a spell. Woodcorner can be found at Keig, near Alford, and would make a beautiful family home. It has been the perfect haven ...

Western Isles MSP Alasdair Allan vows to push for new ferries to service islands By Reporter Updated: May 7, 2021, 6:07 pm © Supplied by Western Isles News A Alasdair Allan has retained the SNPs hold of the Western Isles. Picture by Western Isles News Agency 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 The newly confirmed We...

© SNS Group This weekend Dundee United head to Hampden for the first time in five years with Scottish Cup glory just two games away. Between them and the final will be familiar foes as Micky Mellon’s men face Hibernian at the national stadium. That’s because the Hibees were also the opponents in the last-four clash in 2016. The Tangerines, though, were in a much different mood back then. Staring relegation in the face after a dreadful league campaign, United’s form in the cup brought ble...

Moreen Simpson: There’s nae point crying over a bag of spilt peas © Helen Hepburn You know when you look forward to something for so long, then it all goes a taddie tatties-ower-the-side? So it was with me earlier this week after ages on the excited countdown to my first lunch with pals. Booked a whilie ago lest we struggled to get a table at our regular haunt, the Dutch Mill, on one of the first days eatooteries were unlocked. We weren’t that keen on the al fresco bittie, but if we didn�...

Lady Cathcart Nursery in Buckie. Meanwhile, the capacity at the town’s Lady Cathcart has been reduced from 50 to 42 due to coronavirus restrictions. Moray Council is running an expansion project to play its part in a Scottish Government commitment to deliver 1,140 funded annual hours for all three and four-year-olds and some two-year-olds by August. Cullen Play Centre steps up amid childcare shortage It has now been confirmed that work is starting soon to transform a building on West Church S...

Smoke seen billowing into sky as fire crews called to A90 car blaze Updated: May 6, 2021, 10:30 am © Supplied by Joanne Warnock Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Two fire engines were sent out to the A90 Aberdeen to Dundee road after reports of a vehicle on fire. The alarm was raised just before 9.30am this morning, and two appliances from North Anderson drive were sent to the incident near the Craibstone...

Yellow warning of snow issued as Cairngorm residents wake to early snow Updated: 06/05/2021, 7:22 am © Met Office A yellow weather warning for snow has been issued by the Met Office as residents in the Cairngorms have reported waking to an early flurry of snow. The weather warning was issued at 3.45am and is in place until 11am covering much of central parts of the Cairngorms and parts of Aberdeenshire, Moray and the Highlands. Meteorologists have warned that roads and railways are likely to b...