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Braemar residents are fighting Aberdeenshire Council plans to remove their fires, raising fears about power cuts and freezing conditions.

Scotland’s moorland groups joined forces in an effort to bring hot dinners to those in need across the country this festive season.

Moorland groups are delivering thousands of hot meals to those in need this Christmas, including those affected by Storm Arwen power cuts.

Here's a look at the Met Office's weather forecast for across the Highlands and Aberdeen in the coming week.

The Royal Deeside Motor Show will now take place in August. The Royal Deeside Motor Show was due to take place on July 17 and 18 at Kincardine Castle and Estate but it has now been moved to August 14 and 15. Held in the grounds of privately-owned Kincardine Castle near Kincardine O’Neil, the two-day Royal Deeside Motor Show is run by Aberdeen-based Etiom Events and is a much-anticipated new addition to the motoring events calendar. Since its launch in October 2020, the event has captured the ...

North-east candidate profiles: Aberdeenshire West © Kami Thomson/DC Thomson Aberdeenshire West was one of the most tightly-contested constituencies at the 2016 Holyrood election. Just 900 votes separated Alexander Burnett of the Conservatives, who won the seat, from runner-up Dennis Robertson of the SNP – the man who had held it since its creation in 2011. This time around the SNP have targeted the seat, which is the largest constituency in the north-east region, as one where they believe th...

© Supplied by Braemar Community Li Tomrichton Wood in Braemar is now owned and managed by the community. 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 Aberdeenshire community has taken over a popular woodland and pledged to improve it for the betterment of all locals. Tomrichton Wood in the heart of Braemar, formerly owned by Ma...

Updated: January 29, 2021, 1:52 pm © Paul Glendell / 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 The owner of an Aberdeenshire travel agency has thanked fast-acting firefighters for preventing a blaze from reaching his shop. Fire crews spent hours tackling a flat fire above the independent travel agent HolidayMakers in ...

By Press Association 2021 Allan the mannequin Local people are appealing for help to find their road safety officer Allan after he was “kidnapped” from his post. The mannequin, dressed as a police officer, has been stationed on the A93 for around two months to remind people driving into Braemar to observe the 30mph speed limit. However on Saturday afternoon, he disappeared from the Aberdeenshire village, “and not of his own volition�...

By Press Association 2021 Allan the mannequin Local people are appealing for help to find their road safety officer Allan after he was “kidnapped” from his post. The mannequin, dressed as a police officer, has been stationed on the A93 for around two months to remind people driving into Braemar to observe the 30mph speed limit. However on Saturday afternoon, he disappeared from the Aberdeenshire village, “and not of his own volition�...