Lifestyle

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.

Rugby fever is set to hit Stonehaven this Saturday (August 25) when an eight-team tournament will take place to raise funds for Doddie Weir’s motor neurone disease (MND) charity, the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.

A Section of the A90 southbound carriageway between the B974 Marykirk Junction and North Water Bridge is set to benefit from £150,000 worth of surface improvements starting on Monday 20 August for approximately four nights.

A charity offering a lifeline of friendship to lonely older people is looking for volunteer drivers in the Laurencekirk area.

The expansion of the Men’s Shed movement in the North East has been celebrated in the Scottish Parliament.

Stonehaven-based shipwreck explorer Rod Macdonald has released two books relating his fantastic experiences diving on wrecks around the world.

Residents both young and old gathered recently to celebrate National Allotment Week as they prepared to sow the seeds of Chapelton’s future.

Music fans will be in their element next month as the award-winning True North festival attracts the cream of contemporary music to some of the best venues across Aberdeen from September 20-23.