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Snow and -3C ice warning for Aberdeen, Inverness and Highlands

The north and north-east of Scotland could be in for a week of snow and ice.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather notice across the region and motorists have been warned over the conditions.
The warning came into effect from Sunday and has been …

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…

Angus residents told to stay at home as weather emergency …

Angus is experiencing a severe weather emergency, with unprecedented levels of flooding across the county and extensive road closures. (Wallace Ferrier)The local authority has said that the county is in the middle of a very serious emergency, with unpr…

Crash shuts road between Forfar and Montrose

A motorcyclist is in a critical condition in hospital after he was involved in a collision with an HGV in Angus on Monday.
The 26-year-old was taken to Ninewells following the crash on the B9113 at the Pitkennedy crossroads between Forfar and Montrose…

Two women seriously hurt and man arrested following A90 crash

Two women have been seriously hurt and one man arrested following a crash on the A90 Aberdeen to Dundee road.
Emergency services were called shortly after 4.30pm to the incident at Temple of Fiddes, between Laurencekirk and Stonehaven yesterday.
A whi…

Columnists, Opinion | Shipping Lines

A name from the Victorian era was brought to mind with the arrival at Montrose in late February of the Dutch-owned Gitana registered at Lemmer. Inward bound from the Swedish port of Norrkoping, she was 5,019-ton deadweight, 95 metres in length and buil…