After one of the hardest lambing seasons ever, young farmer William Law offers The Press and Journal an insight into how he made it through the five-week ordeal.
Joney Joey Thanabalasingham once chased off a knife-wielding thug from his Froghall shop. Now new neighbours in Mile End have raised concerns about his approach to crime prevention as he eyes a new store.
Lewis Connolly ran drugs into Aberdeen while he was in debt with a Manchester gang that flooded Seaton and elsewhere with dodgy crack cocaine and heroin.
The banned Pittodrie season ticket holder will be sentenced after getting six months to prove he can behave following the discovery of flares and smoke grenades on a bus.
Fourth-time violent offender Nicholas Adams, who nurtures young footballers, was told that stamping on his victim's head was "ridiculously reckless in the extreme".