Lifestyle

In five short years, Go Sober for October has managed to become one of Macmillan Cancer Support’s biggest fundraisers.

Scottish Water has announced plans to roll out tap water refill points in every local authority area over the next two years.

There are more than 1000 different types of dementia, with Alzheimer’s being just one of them.

Back in 1993 Mrs Doubtfire and Jurrasic Park were drawing the crowds to the cinemas. The X Files were telling us that the “truth was out there”.

Scotland’s best-known military band is in the midst of its first-ever national tour – and is set perform in Aberdeen at the end of the month.

Rod Stewart will be performing at Aberdeen’s AECC next year – the only Scottish date announced for his ‘Rod Stewart Live In Concert’ tour.

Several years ago it was feared electronic devices would soon replace paper and hardback books in the nation’s hearts.

We all take for granted the roads, bridges and buildings we use every day.

It’s an alien concept for Legion Scotland to consider that veterans suffer from isolation and loneliness.

Aberdeenshire will become a Mecca for motorbike fans next month when Grampian Transport Museum will hosts it annual motorcycle convention.

An innovative skills development programme from local social enterprise, Scarf, has been recognised with a special award for its approach to tackling fuel poverty in communities across the North-east of Scotland.

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP Andrew Bowie and local councillor Colin Pike visited the Portlethen Community Ambulance group to congratulate them on a four-figure funding boost from the local community.

New town developer Elsick Development Company has launched a new book which sets out the inspiration and vision for, and development of, the new town of Chapelton, while shining a light on the birth of a new north east community.

The community in and around Portlethen have been engaging directly with funding local organisatiions through a Participatory Budgeting exercise.

Plans have been unveiled for a GoNorthEast ‘Road Festival’ which features a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for members of local communities to experience the new AWPR before it opens to traffic.

The age-old struggle to get kids to eat more healthily means that half of parents across Scotland are fibbing to their children on a daily basis.

To commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the final days of the First World War, gardeners at National Trust for Scotland properties across the North East of Scotland have cultivated striking memorial displays of Armistice flowers to remember those who lost their lives.

The success of a Stonehaven eatery in a global food guide has caught the attention of the Scottish Parliament.