Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire & Highlands news

Harbour Energy manager Kerry Smyth. Image: Kath Flannery/DC Thomson

Harbour Energy manager hits out after Aberdeen firm slashes jobs

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Kerry Smyth said it had been a "really hard week" for workers who are "sad and worried".

By Liza Hamilton

Police in the Mastricht area of Aberdeen. Image: Kath Flannery/DC Thomson.

Mastrick block sealed off as residents wake to ‘pools of blood’ on the street

Police cordon off Strathmore Drive and surrounding roads as officers and a sniffer dog patrol the area.

By Louise Glen

Rainne Stewart was found dead two years after being attacked by her boyfriend Kristian Howell.

‘The wounds caused by Kristian might have healed, but Rainne’s mental health didn’t’

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Domestic abuser Kristian Howell's girlfriend Rainne Stewart took her own life before the case came to court. Now her family pay tribute to their 'gentle' daughter, who 'saw the beauty in every person'. By

By David McPhee

Castle Street has now reopened. Image: DC Thomson.

Busy Inverness city centre road reopens after crash between vehicle and cyclist

The street was closed for investigations earlier today.

By Chris Cromar

Aberdeen fans celebrating at Hampden during the 2-1 Scottish Cup semi-final win against Hearts..

Richard Gordon: Aberdeen fans were always going to react positively to Scottish Cup final – but what they did was PHENOMENAL

Richard Gordon on Aberdeen's 'spectacular' ticket sales for the Scottish Cup final v Celtic, and how Premiership third-place hopes could end this weekend.

By Richard Gordon

Aberdeenshire's Ethan Shedbal made back-to-back centuries at the start of this season. Photos by Ethan Williams.

Cricket prodigy, 14, makes two centuries to break Aberdeenshire record dating back almost 200 YEARS

Meet the 14-year-old Aberdeenshire cricket prodigy who has remarkably broken a record which is thought to have gone all the way back to the reign of Queen Victoria.

By Callum Law

Hillwalker photographed last moments of tragic paramotor crash in Highlands

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Paul Nelson told a fatal accident inquiry he saw the fatal collision between cameraman Dan Burton and conservationist Sacha Dench.

By Jenni Gee

Aberdeen embezzler Coleen Muirhead. Image: Matthew Donnelly

Holidays, gifts, gambling and blackmail – how crooked Aberdeen granny spent £1.5 million

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Coleen Muirhead, who earned £33,000 a year, says she gave away more than £550,000 to family and friends and "not one person asked" where it came from.

By Grant McCabe