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ScotRail: Cutting north-east trains wrong tact to take

You know that thing about encouraging us all to leave our cars at home and take public transport to get where we want to go – could someone check to see if ScotRail got the memo, please?
Because what appears to be a slash-and-burn policy on the number…

Storm Babet: four dead across UK in floods and travel chaos

At least four people have died as Storm Babet battered the country for the third consecutive day yesterday.
High winds and heavy rainfall caused flooding, swelled rivers to record-breaking levels and wreaked havoc with rail travel.
Two people died in S…

The best and most important Scottish castles

Either still occupied or in ruins, we are positively festooned with castles and I suspect most people in Scotland live within a few miles of a castle or regularly visit one.
I have now reached part 10 of this series on Scotland’s built heritage and how…

Temporary traffic restrictions for Offshore Europe

Traffic management arrangements will be in place during the Offshore Europe 2023 exhibition, which takes place in Aberdeen from Tuesday 5 to Friday 8 September at P&J Live.  Delegates are encouraged to use public transport, walk or cycle as parking at …

Harriet selected by Tories for Gordon and Buchan

​Harriet Cross will stand in the Buchan and Gordon area. (Photo: submitted)The boundary changes have been formed from the majority of the existing Gordon constituency, currently held by the SNP and a smaller part of the Buchan and Banff constituency, h…