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Ballater Highland Games chieftain Alwyne Farquharson

A spokesman for Hillcrest Housing, who are behind the development, confirmed the company had "parted ways" with the original developers.

George Lyon: Reducing cow numbers to cut emissions must be a last resort By George Lyon © SYSTEM Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up You could be forgiven for not realising it, but we are in the final week of an election campaign that will decide who governs at Holyrood for the next five years. It has been a lacklustre and near invisible campaign, and most people I speak to seem totally disinterested ...

Nicholas Denison from Fife sent indecent images to two social media accounts which had been created by police to catch sex offenders

Emergency services tackle wildfire on the Isle of Coll Updated: May 1, 2021, 9:31 am © Supplied by @MIDLEE01 Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Fire crews were sent to tackle a large grassland blaze close to the village of Arinagour on the Isle of Coll yesterday. Emergency services were alerted just after 1pm and continued to fight the blaze last night. It is believed the fire started close to a garage bef...

© Wullie Marr Photography Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Scotland’s meat wholesalers have welcomed the absence of manifesto proposals by any of the main political parties to cut livestock numbers as a “welcome boost” to the processing sector. In an assessment of the merits of the political parties ahead of next week’s Scottish parliamentary elections, Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (S...

© Steve Brown / DCT Media Mick Cairns had endured one of the most traumatic days of his life when he was “blown away” by the discovery of a sixth sense in his dog. It was February 2019 and the Fife man was a sergeant at 45 Commando Royal Marines in Arbroath when he experienced what he describes as a “breakdown”. That morning Mick was “in bits” while telling his wife Maura-Ann on the phone that he was finding it hard to cope. He pondered handing in his notice after 16 years as a ser...

© Supplied by Oban Police Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Police in Oban are appealing for witnesses after a play park was damaged in a “mindless act of vandalism” this week. A wooden bench and seal were seriously damaged in the incident along with part of the ground being scorched at the Oban Community Play Park, Dalriach Road. The vandalism is understood to have been carried out between 4pm on Wed...

Aviation enthusiasts offered chance to buy RAF Lossiemouth runway lights © Jason Hedges/DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The landing lights at RAF Lossiemouth have been a welcome beacon for generations of pilots arriving home after completing high-stakes aerial missions. But when the runway at the Moray airbase last year underwent a transformation to prepare for the arrival of a fleet of Poseid...

© SNS Group Dundee boss James McPake. Dundee boss James McPake admitted he’s made mistakes this season but is delighted to have led his side to within four matches of promotion. A professional 2-0 victory at Queen of the South saw the Dens men take advantage of Raith’s home horror show against champions Hearts. That gives Dundee next week off while Rovers and Dunfermline battle it out for the chance to face them in the semi. With the Jambos already having lifted the trophy, McPake admits h...