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Formal consultation on taxi rank changes in Aberdeen approved © Scott Baxter / DCT Media A formal consultation will now begin for the removal of two taxi ranks, including Back Wynd, and the introduction of five others. A consultation will be held into plans to change the site of taxi ranks in Aberdeen city centre. Messures put in place to improve safety for pedestrians through the Spaces for People initiative currently restrict vehicle access to some ranks. This would lead to the current Hadde...

Anger as Church of Scotland announce plans to demolish Garthdee Church and sell off land © PRESS AND JOURNAL Garthdee Church is to be demolished and sold on by the Church of Scotland in a move that has provoked anger in the community. The building has been empty for about a year since the congregation was dissolved at the end of 2018. There were plans to sell the church to another faith group or convert it to housing. However, this never came to fruition so a decision was made to demolish the ...

Funeral of former Montrose star Chic McLelland held in Aberdeen by Jamie Hall © Scott Baxter/DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Friends, colleagues and former players were among the well-wishers who turned out to pay their respects to former Aberdeen player and coach Chic McLelland. The funeral of the much-loved defender and youth coach, who passed away in December following a decade-long battle...

Updated: January 14, 2021, 8:11 pm © Scott Baxter/DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Mourners held aloft huge banners outside Pittodrie as the funeral procession for a Dons legend made its way past the ground today. Chic McLelland was a player for Aberdeen FC before honing the skills of generations of youngsters as a coach. He died following a long battle with dementia, and later Covid, last mont...

© Scott Baxter/DCT Media Craig and Lindsay Wilson.  Picture by Scott Baxter. A north-east chef has reached a major milestone with his fundraising efforts for a leading cancer charity. Craig Wilson, who owns Eat on the Green in Udny, has been fundraising for good causes for the last 15 years. On Hogmanay, he reached the £100,000 mark for Friends of Anchor. Since 2014  he and his wife, Lindsay, have held an array of events to give the cancer charity a boost. One of the biggest fundraisers was...

2020 In Review: What happened in January, February and March? © EVENING EXPRESS 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 While the coronavirus crisis has dominated all aspects of life in 2020, the first few months of the year appeared comparatively calmer. Despite this, there was still plenty of political upheaval as the UK fo...

Flood alert raised for Boxing Day with heavy rain expected © Scott Baxter Heavy rain could cause flooding on roads. A flood alert has been raised in the north-east with heavy rain expected to hit the region on Boxing Day. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) issued the alert earlier today and is urging people to be vigilant to the potential dangers of adverse weather conditions. The alerts, that has been raised parts of Moray, warn of flooding in low lying land areas and roads fro...

© PRESS AND JOURNAL North East Sensory Services chief executive Graham Findlay meets social security secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville at the charitys Aberdeen base in St John Street earlier this year. Picture by Scott Baxter 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 For some Christmas can be a lonely time of year to contend wi...

North-east groups handed £230,000 in National Lottery funding © The National Lottery President David Taylor and chairman Douglas Watson of the Ellon & District Branch Royal British Legion Social Club. Groups across the north-east have been awarded more than £230,000 in funding from the National Lottery to help improve their communities. A total of 17 organisations in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire received a share of the cash from the National Lottery Community Fund, including Abernecessities, w...

Updated: December 17, 2020, 10:32 am © Scott Baxter / 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 There are fears the Aberdeen police ranks could be left short due to a “snowballing” of coronavirus cases. About 20 people are understood to have contracted Covid at a single city police station in recent days, with bot...