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North-east group appealing for donations to breathe new life into ‘much-loved’ community hall © Kath Flannery/DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A north-east charity group is hard at work transforming a village hall formerly “full of cracks and covered in flaking paint” into a local amenity people can be proud of. Over the last two months, volunteers have put in numerous hours of hard wor...

McDonald’s are gradually reopening their restaurants with some additional measures in place. They will run a reduced menu and limit the amount of guests allowed in the restaurant at a time to aid with social distancing. Here is a list of all of the McDonald’s in the north and north-east where you can now dine-in: Aberdeen City Centre

North-east town raises £1,000 with egg-stra special Easter event © Shutterstock / BlueOrange Studio An Easter event put on by an Aberdeenshire town has raised more than £1,000 for charity. A series of large hand-decorated eggs were hidden around Chapelton, a new town located five miles south of Aberdeen, for residents and visitors to find. Each of the unique egg ornaments had been painted by one of 12 north-east artists and once they had been discovered, each egg went up for auction offering...

Scottish Election 2021: On the farm with Patrick Harvie and comedian Jim Smith Updated: April 26, 2021, 11:04 am © SYSTEM Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Our new video series brings the leaders of Scotland’s main political parties to the farm, perched on bales of hay for a conversation with comedian and local farmer Jim Smith. First to visit the farm is Scottish Greens Co-leader Patrick Harvie, to tal...

Scissor Sisters star Ana Matronic to play live DJ set marking opening of new V&A Dundee nightclub exhibition © Supplied by V&A Dundee Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Scissor Sisters star Ana Matronic will play a DJ set live from New York to mark the opening of a new exhibition at V&A Dundee, celebrating nightclub culture. The online event...

Music instrumental to Aberdeenshire’s band success © EVENING EXPRESS Aberdeenshire’s Instrumental Music Service has received top marks in a virtual concert band competition. Concert bands from Mackie Academy, Portlethen & Mearns Academy and South Aberdeenshire Music Centre all received gold awards with their shared conductor Sarah Gove. It was the first time the Scottish Concert Band Festival has been held online, as usually bands would travel across Scotland to perform live at the event. ...

Dundee woman owes her life to dog Rosie amid heartbreak of being unable to have children Updated: April 26, 2021, 10:09 am © Steve Brown / DCT Media Claire Coleman’s quest to have a child has taken her to some dark places that few of us would choose to visit. The 35-year-old, from Charleston in Dundee, has put everything into becoming a mother after discovering she was unable to conceive naturally with husband Michael. First she was told she could not be artificially inseminated unless she l...

Celebrating reopening of north-east businesses with ad discounts By Commercial © DC Thomson Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up P&J and Evening Express owners DC Thomson Media is offering special incentives to local businesses across the area to help them get back on track. In light of the rollercoaster year that we have just experienced, DC Thomson Media is reaching out to struggling north-east busi...

Lecturer strikes: Planned industrial action cancelled in Tayside and Fife © Supplied by EIS-FELA Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Strike action by college lecturers planned for this week has been suspended as negotiations continue. Education Institute of Scotland – EIS-FELA (Further Education Lecturers’ Association) members had already carried out two days of walk outs which saw staff at Fife, Dundee and ...

EnQuest announce buy-out of Bentley field from Whalsay in £30million deal By Allister Thomas Updated: April 26, 2021, 10:10 am © Supplied by EnQuest Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up EnQuest has announced it will buy one of the North Sea’s largest undeveloped discoveries in a deal worth up to $42million (£30m). The North Sea operator will buy Bentley from Whalsay Energy. It will acquire a 100% s...