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Inside the former north-east bank that is now a stunning six bedroom home © Supplied by Raeburn Christie Clark and Wallace 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 From fabulous high ceilings to a stunning modern kitchen, The Bank House has a way of drawing you in. As the name would suggest, this beautiful six-bedroom family h...

© Supplied by Courier artist The day after tomorrow is Earth Day. Part of me thinks that an annual day-long event that embraces all the continents is a remarkable thing. The other part of me thinks that every day should be Earth Day. The theme of Earth Day 2021 is Restore the Earth. What does that mean? Permit me to call your attention to two newspaper stories from the past week, one from a London national and the other one from this very newspaper. © Shutterstock / non c Planet Earth with su...

Jim McColl: Picking prime time to plant by Jim McColl © Shutterstock Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up As the season for filling the vegetable plot gains momentum, it is perhaps time for a word on direct sowing and/or planting. These techniques apply to many plants, decorative and edible. Why do we sow some vegetable seeds straight in to the open ground while others are raised elsewhere and eventual...

Lockdown easing in Scotland: Everything we can do from next Monday Updated: 20/04/2021, 1:48 pm The first minister announced a swathe of new changes to the current lockdown restrictions at a Covid briefing on Tuesday. From next Monday (April 26) people around Scotland can expect a “significant reopening of the economy and society” as the vaccine programme remains on course. Pubs and bars will be able to serve alcohol outside Ahead of the relaxation of the rules, the Scottish Government pub...

© Shutterstock / l i g h t p o e t Researchers from Dunfermline have found that a quarter of adults have not had an eye test in the last three years. And a third believe their eyesight has worsened during the pandemic.   Carried out by retinal imaging technology experts Optos, who are based in the Fife town, the research discovered around 3.2 million UK adults have never been for an eye exam – potentially leaving eye conditions undiagnosed. The findings come despite 78% of adults s...

© Supplied by Cromarty Firth Fishe 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 Highland fishery board discovered the remains of the huge fish last week, which still had some teeth attached, in the River Connon. According to the Cromarty Firth Fishery Board and Trust it is estimated the salmon was around 44lbs (20kg) during it�...

However, the urge to cash in on a potential vote winner can prove irresistible. When Boris Johnson a devotee of unfettered capitalism vows to stop unfettered capitalism you know that you’re living in strange times. The Prime Minister has put the boot into proposals by the six greediest football clubs in England in their shameless bid to become even more corpulently rich than they currently are by joining a breakaway European Super League. © PA Banners outside Anfield Stadium, Liverpool prote...

Updated: April 20, 2021, 11:49 am © Chris Sumner/DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up An NHS Grampian health chief said Scotland is in a “good place to start easing” as planned. The changes include the reopening of non-essential retail, and gyms and indoor sporting facilities – including swimming pools – for individual exercise. Speaking on BBC’s Good Morning Scotland, head of intelligenc...

Garthdee residents complain of wave of vandalism and anti-social behaviour during pandemic © DCT Media Local leaders in an Aberdeen community say it has been hit by a second wave of vandalism and anti-social behaviour during the pandemic. The new surge in anti-social behaviour across Garthdee has resulted in an industrial tarmac roller being pushed down a hill, fires being set and a number of thefts from a local shopping precinct. One woman was also forced to leave the area due to being hassle...

Covid cases rise by 278 in Scotland with 23 in north-east Updated: 20/04/2021, 2:41 pm © Shutterstock Feed Covid-19 cases in north-east have risen by 23 in the past 24 hours, the latest figures show. Across the same timeframe, case numbers in Scotland have also risen by 178, with two deaths recorded. Of the new cases recorded by NHS Grampian, 15 were identified in Moray with five in Aberdeen City. The remaining three cases have been confirmed in Aberdeenshire. The north-east’s total now stan...