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Moray woman who faked robbery sentenced to unpaid work By David Love Updated: May 6, 2021, 6:22 pm © DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A credit card company employee who faked a robbery to cover up her embezzlement has been sentenced to unpaid work and a curfew. Inverness Sheriff Court heard on Thursday that Karen Main had owed a lot of money and targeted a large number of customers by fra...

Skye the donkey given new lease of life after charities organise skin cancer surgery Updated: 06/05/2021, 3:16 pm © Supplied by The Donkey Sanctuary When vets first examined the growth on Skye the donkey’s chest, they feared he would have to be put down. But thanks to two dedicated charities, the eight-year-old – often seen grazing in the grounds of a Fort William distillery – is on the road to recovery. A local vet was contacted after a large growth was spotted on Skye’s chest, which ...

Updated: May 6, 2021, 9:26 am © Paul Reid Just before Christmas last year, 17-year-old schoolboy William Morrison had to make the hardest phone call of his life. Sitting in Ninewells Hospital, all alone because of Covid, William dialled his mum’s number, then his girlfriend’s, to tell them he had just been diagnosed with testicular cancer. William, who was a prefect at Harris Academy at the time, said: “In the hospital, all alone, I remember having to phone all of my family and friends, ...

Frank Gilfeather: Camaraderie, not booze, fuelling friends’ reunions By Frank Gilfeather Updated: 06/05/2021, 2:26 pm © Shutterstock / Aubord Dulac It’s hospitality, Jim, but not as we know it. OK, that’s a phrase that was never uttered on Star Trek, but the effects of Covid force us to look to the stars and wonder about the future of our food and drink industry. Aberdeen, for example, now resembles the periphery of a major golf tournament or Colonel Gaddafi’s holiday home – wi...

Climber describes horror of seeing massive rocks falling towards them as they climbed Cairngorms mountain Updated: May 6, 2021, 6:20 pm © Supplied by Kieran Cunningham Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A climber has described the moment his group narrowly avoided being crushed by massive rocks as they fell from above him in the Cairngorms. Kieran Cunningham was climbing the Corrie an t-Sneachda, near Avie...

Updated: May 6, 2021, 1:13 pm © DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Former first minister Alex Salmond says his new party is going into polling day feeling “optimistic, bright and breezy” with “high hopes and burning hearts”. The Alba party leader and former north-east MSP arrived with a loud speaker blaring from a car emblazoned with party logos to cast his vote at Ritchie Hall in Striche...

Updated: May 6, 2021, 6:20 pm © Rmv/Shutterstock Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up My longest conversation with Scott Hutchison was not the smooth, poignant interaction I’d have liked it to be. I spent most of it explaining a convoluted tale of revenge (that I’m still not sure is actually true) about a cafe where he’d just had breakfast. He politely humoured me. I was obviously nervous. I hadn’t b...

By Joe Hutchison Updated: May 6, 2021, 6:55 pm © Kris Miller Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up An NHS Tayside doctor who admitted to pulling sickies to work in private clinics has been suspended. Dr Simon Thomas, a Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at NHS Tayside, admitted to undertaking clinics at two BMI private hospitals while working for the NHS, where he could earn between £82,000 and £110,000 ...

Plans lodged to turn Fife hotel into a homeless hostel and community hub © Steve Brown / DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Plans to turn a Fife hotel into a hostel for people affected by homelessness and substance misuse have been lodged with the council. If approved, the Greenside Hotel in Leslie will provide a safe place to stay, while offering counselling and other services. People with mental hea...

Updated: 06/05/2021, 7:40 pm © PRESS AND JOURNAL A north-east trawlerman has relived the moment he was swept overboard and was “seconds” from death in an effort to get others to take safety at sea more seriously. John Clark, skipper of Macduff-based Reliance III, broke his arm in three places, shattered his wrist and endured pins, casts and skin grafts during his nine-month recovery following his horror accident. Continue Reading Start your 1 month free trial today to access premium conte...