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Fighting back Since losing her job, Miss Johnston retrained and created her own business inspired by her own recent mental health struggles. She added: “I’m launching a new online business, and just launched it yesterday, to try and do something to help people with mind-set and things because I’ve had to reach out because my mental health has been affected by this whole situation. “I have had to reach out and relaunch myself and get my confidence back a bit. “It has totally floored me...

Former defence secretary Michael Portillo pays visit to north-east chipper for upcoming BBC TV series Updated: 27/04/2021, 4:24 pm © Supplied by The Bay Fish & Chips It was lights, camera, action as a former defence secretary nipped in for fish supper while filming for his latest TV show. British journalist, broadcaster and former politician and defence secretary, Michael Portillo, popped into an award-winning Stonehaven fish and chip shop yesterday as he wraps up filming for his latest series...

Preparations commence for smaller 2021 Royal National Mod in Inverness © Sandy McCook Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Organisers of the Royal National Mod have revealed plans for a “cultural showcase” this year as the popular event returns to Inverness. More than 200 competitions are held annually during the nine-day extravaganza, organised by An Comunn Gàidhealach. However, due to constraints on s...

© SNS Group Max Anderson had only just turned 14-years-old when he made the trip to London with his mum to watch Charlie Adam in a Dundee shirt. As a 19-year-old he now admits he has to pinch himself when he lines up alongside his hero in the starting XI at Dens Park. Like his fellow Dees, Anderson was delighted to see former Rangers, Blackpool, Liverpool, Stoke and Scotland star Adam sign on the dotted line at Dens Park last summer. Even then, young Anderson still thought of himself as a Dund...

© Supplied by Fiona McIntyre This will be the view inside the eagerly-anticipated cafe and dolphin viewing centre planned for Torry Battery as part of the Greyhope Bay project. The ambitious initiative is repurposing shipping containers by transforming them into a visitor attraction at the former artillery battery overlooking Aberdeen’s harbour, and its famous population of charismatic dolphins. This afternoon, the team have released a new image created by the design studio Polka of what the...

Kirkton of Skene couple thank mystery Good Samaritan who helped get wife to hospital after she fell Updated: 27/04/2021, 4:23 pm © Chris Sumner/DCT Media On a sunny afternoon, Lesley Bromby ventured from her home in Kirkton-on-Skene to walk to Tesco in Westhill. It is a regular journey for her which is why it was highly unusual when she had still not returned home by the time her husband Guy got home from work at about 7pm on Friday night. Concerned, the oil and gas worker and his daughter Eli...

Braemar Castle will reopen to visitors this weekend Updated: April 27, 2021, 2:25 pm © PRESS AND JOURNAL Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A Deeside tourist attraction will open this weekend. Braemar Castle will reopen its doors for the first time this year on Saturday, May 1. Visitors must pre-book their slot to allow staff to control numbers and ensure social distancing is maintained. The 17th century c...

Stromness road cordoned off after report of suspected unexploded ordnance device Updated: April 27, 2021, 7:03 pm © PA Archive/Press Association Ima 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 Residents in Stromness are being asked to avoid the Back Road area. Police have sealed off the area with a cordon and the explosive ordnan...

By Kirsty Strickland © Supplied by Courier artist You need a healthy degree of self-esteem to be prime minister. Sensible leaders wish for nothing more lofty than to be respected by their allies and opponents alike. In case you haven’t already noticed: Boris Johnson is not a sensible man. Over the course of his long career in media and politics, he has become known for recklessness, inattention and dishonesty. He is adored, but not by the people that matter and not for the reasons he w...

Updated: 27/04/2021, 5:35 pm © PRESS AND JOURNAL A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) has ruled that there is nothing police could have done to save the life of a Moray burns victim who took a deadly amount of cocaine around the time he was being arrested. A probe into the death of Kyle Stewart, of Beech Walk in Elgin, was launched after he died while in police custody on November 25, 2019. Mr Stewart, 28,was severely burned in a fire at a caravan park in July 2010 and required several operations, s...