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In 1951 a deaf factory worker from Aberdeenshire embarked on a solo cycling trip from his home to the Arctic Circle - 3000 miles away.

POLICE have confirmed the identity of the body found dead at the coastline near to Dunnottar Castle in Aberdeenshire as missing woman Carole Corbet.

Scouting For Girls band members Greg Churchouse, Roy Stride and Peter Ellard have now released the video for their new single, which was shot entirely in Lossiemouth.

Ellon father and son, George and Melvin Stuart took the top honours at the Aberdeen & Northern Marts annual Texel lambs show and sale at the Thainstone Centre.

Councillors have voted against the controversial proposed ten flat development on Torphins' Station Road by a margin of six to two.

The breathtaking scenes capture the diverse beauty of the four corners of the British Isles, from lighthouses in Jersey to otherworldly views on the Isle of Skye.

Ian Mitchell from Department of Work and Pensions, Duncan Abernethy, External Affairs Manager with delegates and staff from Banff and Buchan College.

CKD Galbraith, Scotland's leading rural property specialists with a sales turnover last year of 380 million, yesterday announced a major expansion of its operations through a merger with Hayes Macfarlane, an established farm and estates management business.

Kurt Lee, 29, who is stationed at Lossiemouth in Moray, survived a grenade explosion after having crept to within touching distance of an insurgents' bunker during last September's assault.

A BRAVE Scots corporal who led his troops through a hail of gunfire to overpower five Taleban insurgents in a potentially deadly raid in Afghanistan is to be honoured on Armed Forces Day.

Jesus' instructions with regard to judging others is very simply put; He says, " Don't ."

Fingers crossed for members of Stranraer's Lochryan Pipe Band, whose members are practising in earnest in the hope that they will be crowned grade 4B champions when they compete at the European Pipe Band Championships, sponsored by Benromach Speyside Single Malt Whisky, in Forres, Moray, on Saturday, June 29. The band, which celebrated its 80th ... (more)

BMI Regional , spurned by British Airways when it bought the former British Midland unit of Deutsche Lufthansa AG , plans to target oil industry executives with services across the North Sea ignored by bigger carriers.

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Colour provided on the street this morning with the yearly RNLI stall. Once again a great selection of books, home baking, plants and other items.

FIRST it gave us super-strength beers like "Sink the Bismark", "Tactical Nuclear Penguin" and "The End of History", complete with bottles wrapped in dead squirrels.

Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre welcomed Harriet Harman, Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sports to the venue today [Friday, 14 June].

I worked on a big S/3 Mod 15D in Aberdeen, Scotland. It had four Winchester drives and a tape unit, all of which were washing machine size.

THE consortium behind the offshore wind farm being opposed by Donald Trump today announced plans to begin exploratory tests at the landfall site for the controversial development in response to community concerns about possible contaminated land in the area.