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Regional breakdown: 18 new Covid cases recorded in the north-east Updated: 05/05/2021, 3:57 pm © Mykola Tys/SOPA Images/Shutterst NHS Grampian recorded 18 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours, Scottish Government data has shown. Moray accounts for 10 of the new cases recorded in the Grampian area. Aberdeen reported six new cases, while Aberdeenshire reported two. Across the whole of Scotland there have been 85 new Covid cases reported. There have been no new deaths reported. As for the Scottis...

Updated: 05/05/2021, 5:15 pm © Shutterstock / Michele Aldeghi A golden eagle found dead in the Cairngorms was deliberately poisoned, police have confirmed. Police today revealed a number of properties on the estate were searched yesterday as their continue their inquiries. No arrests have been made. Detective Constable Daniel Crilley, from the wildlife crime unit, said that raptor persecution is a priority for the force, which is currently running a year-long campaign Operation Wingspan. The ...

Anne Miller is an assistant producer on BBC show QI and the author of books for children about animals and espionage.

Wednesday court round-up — Goalie on trial and axe throwing By Crime and Courts Team May 5, 2021, 7:30 pm © DCT Media Axe and knives A man has been accused of brandishing a shotgun and an air rifle before lobbing an axe and knives out of his flat window. Steven Saunders also allegedly threatened to petrol bomb his home on Balmoral Terrace, Dundee, on March 24 2019. Prosecutors allege Saunders violently struggled with police before spitting at them. Saunders is charged with possessing ...

A Covid recovery campaign has been launched for Inverness to encourage people across the Highlands return to the city to visit and shop.

© Shutterstock / James Jones Jr The Scottish Conservatives say voting for the Greens in the Holyrood election would risk a “devastating blow” to the north-east economy. The Scottish Green party has promised a “just transition” from fossil fuel reliance to “cleaner” energy. This includes stopping public investment in carbon capture and storage, an end to new licenses for oil exploration and an end to subsidies for North Sea oil and gas companies. Tory leader Douglas Ross, however, h...

© Scott Heppell/AP/Shutterstock Sir, – The first minister has admitted an independent Scotland would mean a hard border with the rest of the UK. Imagine how that works with 60% of our exports going to the rest of the UK compared to only 19% to the EU. We need to wake up to the economic and social disaster that a hard border with our main trading partner would cause. As an employer of over 60 people in central Scotland but with 82% of our goods heading to England, what sensible argument can b...

© Supplied by Gulistan House Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Part of a Broughty Ferry restaurant has been damaged in a road traffic incident. The owners of the Gulistan House Indian restaurant in Queen Street said the outdoor dining area would have to remain closed until extensive repairs could be carried out. A spokesman for the eatery said “significant portions” of boundary walls and railings had been ...

© Supplied by chest Heart and Stro 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 Douglas Sewell is an inspirational advertisement for the health benefits of exercise. The double stroke survivor will undertake his latest fundraising adventure this month when he will kayak across Loch Lochy in the Great Glen before scaling the 3,012f...

Fire crews attended to reports of a one-vehicle crash in Broughty Ferry, with initial reports suggesting a car was on fire.