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Scaffolding comes down on former Fraserburgh bookshop being converted into hotel Updated: 30/04/2021, 5:35 pm © Supplied by North East Scotland The scaffolding has now come down on the front of a former bookshop in the heart of Fraserburgh. The former Clydesdale bank and John Trail Bookshop on the town’s Mid Street has been transformed by the North East Scotland Preservation Trust (Nespt). Nespt works to bring derelict, disused and redundant Aberdeenshire buildings back to life, and were giv...

Mountain rescue team leader steps down from peak position © PRESS AND JOURNAL Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Sue Agnew grew up walking and climbing in the hills, but she took her interest to new heights after seeing a friend suffer life-changing injuries on an expedition. The incident happened more than 20 years ago in Glen Clova when she found herself unable to help her fallen colleague. “I don’t ...

© Supplied by Bruce MacGregor Jo De Sylva, Fiona Hyslop and Bruce MacGregor when the venue was Best Music Bar in Scotland 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 An award-winning Inverness pub owned by a well known fiddler is adding  another string to its bow by opening a second venue. MacGregor’s Bar will operate a small ...

Dundee family fears for missing dog after receiving calls demanding money for safe return © Gareth Jennings/DCT Media A Dundee family are terrified for the safety of their missing dog after receiving a call demanding money for the return of the pet pooch. Chocolate Labrador Rocco went missing from the garden of the McNeish family home in St Fillan’s Road on Tuesday. It is believed Rocco initially managed to get himself out of the garden, with his family fearing he has then been snatched ther...

Fare increases for Corran Ferry to be rolled out Updated: April 30, 2021, 10:26 am © PRESS AND JOURNAL Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up New fares are being introduced on one of Scotland’s busiest vehicle ferry routes. Highland Council has confirmed new fares for the Corran Ferry in Lochaber will be rolled out from tomorrow, Saturday May 1. The Corran Ferry. Picture: Sandy McCook The Corran Ferry provid...

Shut Out Scammers campaign launched to crackdown on doorstep crime and rogue traders Updated: April 30, 2021, 3:04 pm © Steve Brown / DCT Media 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 A campaign to tackle scammers and raise awareness of doorstep scammers will run in the Highlands for the next month. The council’s trading st...

Xplore Dundee: Bus firm to open new travel centre for customers Updated: April 30, 2021, 1:21 pm © Kris Miller Courier/Tele News. File pics of Stagecoach and Xplore Dundee buses at High Street/Nethergate. Pic shows; Xplore Dundee Bus in Dundee. Tuesday, 22nd January, 2019. Kris Miller/DCT Media. Xplore Dundee, the city’s main bus operating firm, is to open a new travel centre for customers on Monday. The shop is moving a couple of doors down, to 80-82 Commercial Street, where customers will ...

© SNS Group Dundee players have been “flying” in training over the past few weeks says Christie Elliott. And the winger-turned-full-back has called on his Dens Park team-mates to keep the good feelings coming with victory at Queen of the South tonight. The 29-year-old knows only too well what form and confidence can do in a promotion/relegation tussle having been on both sides of that fight as a Partick Thistle player. Results this evening in Dumfries and Kirkcaldy will decide whether the ...

Dundee United coach Adam Asghar is hit with touchline ban following Scottish FA hearing © SNS Group United coach Adam Asghar Dundee United coach Adam Asghar has been hit with a three-match touchline ban after being found guilty of ‘misconduct’ as the Tannadice youth side slipped to a defeat against Hibernian on April 9.  An additional two games will be added to the punishment by the Scottish FA if Asghar breaches rule 203 — which states ‘no member of team staff shall commit misconduct...

Dog rescued from water after falling from cliff on Orkney Updated: April 29, 2021, 2:44 pm © SYSTEM Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A dog has been rescued after falling from a cliff on Orkney. A rescue was undertaken this morning after the dog fell from the cliff edge near South Ronaldsay. Coastguard teams from Stromness, Kirkwall and St Margarets Hope were called to provide assistance, alongside Longho...