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Updated: April 26, 2021, 8:09 am Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Today is a monumental one for Scotland, as lockdown restrictions ease, bringing a sense of some normality in the country. The retail sector will reopen, along with beer gardens, hotels, and tourist attractions. It is the most significant easing of lockdown rules this year, with people able to enjoy more freedoms than before. Scotland is moving down to Level 3, w...

30/09/2020 It’s 55 years since legendary Dundee wrestler George Kidd was awarded the city’s “First Citizen” title. Former Aberdeen wrestler and fellow grappler Len Ironside is calling for a bronze statue to be erected as a tribute to the hero of the squared circle. Gayle Ritchie takes up the story.

by Sochima Iroh Updated: 03/04/2021, 9:41 am Marc Culley, from Peterhead, will release his new single on April 16. A north-east singer-songwriter is gearing up to release a new single this month. Marc Culley’s See Feel Love was recorded during lockdown and produced by North Coast Records, it will be released on April 16. The Peterhead-born singer will make the song available on all streaming platforms. Marc is excited to release another music following the success of his debut single ‘Babylon’ which he released in 2016. Following the release of his debut single, Marc won the One t...

Trailblazing Peterhead Prison railway line ferried criminals to a place of hard labour Updated: 08/01/2021, 2:54 pm © Supplied by Peterhead Prison Mus It was the first state-owned passenger-carrying railway in Britain; a product of Victoriana which ferried criminals to a place of hard labour in the north-east of Scotland. And although it is more than 50 years since the closure of the Peterhead Prison railway, a new exhibition is being organised to highlight how the route ran past such places as the Long John Distillery at Glenugie and the lost village of Burnhaven. The service, which was ope...

© 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 Gayle checks in to Peterhead Prison – widely known as ‘The Hate Factory’ and now open as a museum. The bleak, granite fortress of Peterhead Prison looms large on an exposed, wind-battered headland above the town’s harbour. It’s a grim, foreboding, shiver-down-the-spine-inducing sight: you can see why it was dubbed Scotland’s “gulag” – a prison of no hope....