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Stonehaven centenarian: Olive celebrates her landmark birthday

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Police alert over drinking and driving

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Game of Thrones star Iain Glen may have recovered from deadly greyscale in the epic drama but he's asking his fellow Scots to "own up to the inevitable" and make a will. (Picture courtesy of Sky)

What do Iain Glen, Dame Judi Dench, Graham Norton and Robert Peston have in common?

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Thank you...from the charity partners who have been supported to the tune of more than �19 million since Will Aid was first launched here in Scotland in 1988. This year marks the 30th year and it is hoped a record amount can be raised across the UK.

Live Aid was catalyst for Scottish solicitors to band together for Will Aid in 1988

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Everything’s in place to deal with winter

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Fettercairn Arch: Praise for remedial work

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Ceilidh boost for community ambulance

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Rise in demand for emergency food supplies

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Left to right - Ian Mc Gregor, partnership manager at sportscotland, Robbie Kupris, active schools o-ordinator, the sports and health committee (P1-7), and head teacher Jenny Glennie

Glenbervie School: Primary receives top sport award

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Laurencekirk fly-over: MSP calls for start date

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Laurencekirk fly-over: MSP calls for start date

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The Jubilee Bridge in Inverbervie. Picture: Aberdeenshire Council

Inverbervie bridge: Heavy vehicle monitoring begins

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A section of the bypass south of Milltimber

Aberdeen bypass: No date yet for opening

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A90 carriageway project

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Average speed cameras were introduced in a bid to improve road safety

A90 speed cameras ‘busiest in Scotland’

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Police alert over drinking and driving

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Police probe Portlethen thefts

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A Caterpillar Telehandler similar to the one stolen

Police appeal after thefts

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Police appeal after break-in

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Education More Education >>

Glenbervie School: Primary receives top sport award

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The council is reviewing the school's supervision protocol

Probe after girl goes missing from school

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Portlethen Academy was among local secondaries which secured YPI grants.

YPI grants benefit Scotland’s charities

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Lathallan School enrolled 70 per cent of its pupils into its successful Duke of Edinburgh Award programme.

Lathallan names number one in Scotland for award scheme

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Lathallan pupil Clarence Wei.

Clarence heading for medical career after Higher success

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Laurencekirk fly-over: MSP calls for start date

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The Jubilee Bridge in Inverbervie. Picture: Aberdeenshire Council

Inverbervie bridge: Heavy vehicle monitoring begins

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Left to right NETCO vice-treasurer Tom Jenkins, vice-chairman James Davidson and chairman Martin Byers

Adventure centre plans in the spotlight

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Winners at this year's North East Scotland Food & Drink Awards. Now the organisers are looking for entries for the 2019 awards.

Food & Drink Awards: Celebrate the best Aberdeenshire has to offer

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Villages to benefit from payback orders

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Councillor Leigh Wilson says RBS needs to "up its game".

Bank told mobile service is “not good enough”

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MSP given tour of leading Mearns business

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The GMB Union says the pay offer will widen the gap between the highest and lowest paid council workers.

Scottish council workers urged to reject ‘unfair’ pay offer

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Ashley Highfield

MPs must protect the local press from damaging Lords amendment

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Co-ordinated effort to identify smell

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The location of the proposed windfarm project

Windfarm views deadline

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More than 40 volunteers took part in the beach clean-up

Beach clean battle gets under way in NE

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Coastal storms at Stonehaven. Picture: Aberdeenshire Council.

New flood early warning scheme

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A time for bereaved Scottish parents to remember

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Travel dilemma...children with cancer have to travel for many miles to receive treatment with their families bearing the brunt of the additional costs.

CLIC Sargent asks government to create patient travel fund

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At your service...gas engineers, plumbers, painters, electricians and builders can spend hours, if not days, in customers' homes and often see more than just the job they're called out to do, which is why It's Your Call has been developed.

Scottish tradesmen: it’s your call to help children

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Wedding day...just a week after their wedding in August 2017, Nick and Philippa Allan received a call on honeymoon that a donor had been found. Nick said he would be eternally grateful to his donor and their family for giving him "a new life".

Aberdeenshire man’s life-saving call ... on honeymoon!

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Face of the campaign...Scottish transplant recipient Gordon Hutchinson visited the illuminated SSE Hydro in a bid to encourage people across Scotland to join the NHS Organ Donor Register.

We need everybody in Scotland on NHS Organ Donor Register

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