21+ hour, 36+ min ago   (1053+ words) Kurtis at the easyJet helpdesk(Image: Kennedy News and Media) An easyJet passenger from Aberdeen has been hailed as a hero after stepping in as airport chaos led to flights being cancelled. Kurtis Toy was meant to jet off to…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (985+ words) Plans have been put forward to build another substation in the forest(Image: Getty) Residents have hit out at plans to build another substation at Fetteresso Forest amid fears the quiet woodland will become an “industrial energy complex”. Thistle Wind…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (396+ words) Passengers in Scotland have been warned they may face some “knock-on disruption” after hundreds of flights around the UK were cancelled following a technical issue. The National Air Traffic Service (Nats), which provides air traffic control services to 15 UK airports,…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (395+ words) Passengers are facing delays at Aberdeen Airport(Image: Getty) Flights departing airports across the UK have been hit with major disruption after the country's air traffic control service experienced a "technical issue." Several flights from Aberdeen, including British Airways flights…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (262+ words) Beach Boulevard (Image: Google) Police have stopped more than 90 vehicles and handed out dozens of penalties after a huge car meet involving over 400 vehicles at Aberdeen Beach. Local Community and Road Policing officers attended a large-scale meet along Beach Boulevard…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (401+ words) Tor-Na-Dee care home residents Frances Blair (left), Katherine Clarck, and May Bremnar at Marks & Spencer(Image: PA) A Marks & Spencer superfan aged 101 was given VIP treatment as she made a special trip to her favourite branch of the retailer. Frances…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (567+ words) The Falls of Cruachan railway is being upgraded following a landslip(Image: Network Rail Scotland) Network Rail has spent £130 million in the past two years to strengthen the railway against the challenges of extreme weather and make it “climate ready…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (756+ words) Police Scotland is facing a “significant” challenge because of the “colossal” number of officers who have been placed on restricted duties – often for medical reasons. Chief Superintendent Rob Hay, president of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (Asps) spoke out…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (271+ words) A further hearing has been set in the case of five nuns accused of historic abuse against several children. Marie Docherty, 84, Mary Broderick, 84, Margaret McLafferty, 68, Kathleen McLean, 77, and Mary Doyle, 81, are named on an indictment which contains 108 charges. The charges…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (735+ words) An Aberdeen private school teacher who sexually harassed three pupils over a nine-year period has been struck off. Peter Parfitt, a music teacher at St Margaret's School for Girls, had recently been under investigation by the General Teaching Council Scotland…...