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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 Mastrick area of Aberdeen. Image: 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 remains cordoned-off, outside the Castle Tavern, as investigations continue. Image: DC Thomson.

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

Drivers are advised to avoid the Castle Street area as investigations continue.

By Chris Cromar

Dan Burton and Sacha Dench.

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

Aberdeen Market trench works on Broad Street. Image: Ben Hendry/DC Thomson

Workers start digging trench to power new Aberdeen market as Flint project ramps up

Sections of Queen Street and Broad Street have been fenced off while work gets under way.

By Kirstie Topp Local Democracy Reporter

Brave 2025 model Justin Martin works the crowd as he walks the runway. Image: Darrell Benns/DC Thomson

Gallery: All the best pictures from Brave 2025 at P&J Live

The Brave 2025 charity catwalk show brought together 24 north-east men for an unforgettable evening in support of Friends of Anchor.

By Andy Morton

Unions have fought the controversial policy. Image: Kenny Elrick/DC Thomson

Victory for staff as council lifts threat to ‘fire and rehire’ workers in Aberdeen pay dispute

Unions are closer to agreeing a deal with the council after the contentious threat to fire and rehire staff was lifted.

By Isaac Buchan & Alastair Gossip

State of the NHS

The Press and Journal carried out an investigation into ambulance and hospital performance. Image: Clarke Cooper/DC Thomson

‘Death and harm’ warning over ambulance queues crisis at NHS Grampian’s hospitals

By Bryan Rutherford & Ema Sabljak 4

Gary Dow. Image: Kath Flannery/Clarke Cooper/DC Thomson

Dyce dad’s heart scare in eight-hour ambulance queue at Aberdeen A&E

By Bryan Rutherford 6

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney delivering a statement on his programme for government. Image: PA.

John Swinney’s first year in power – from NHS crisis to A96 dualling failures

By Justin Bowie

Trapped by Raac

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Helen Galley and her husband Nigel Webster have worked hard to renovate their farmhouse in Auchnagatt.

Couple took their cues from the property (and the bath from a nearby field) when renovating their Auchnagatt farmhouse

By Rosemary Lowne

The Beach Baths at Aberdeen seafront in the early 20th Century, the Victorian bathing huts can be seen on the beach. Image: DC Thomson

A deep dive: The rise and fall of the Victorian Aberdeen Beach Baths

By Kirstie Waterston

Funeral director mum Kathleen MacIntosh, mortuary manager son Paul Scott, and daughter Mandy Scott, who is also in the funeral business.
Picture by Kami Thomson/DC Thomson

‘Death is our life, and always has been’: Meet Kathleen MacIntosh and her family of Bridge of Don funeral directors

By Lindsay Bruce

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