Grampian County, Scotland News

A VAN driver was killed and ten workmen injured in a collision between his vehicle and a minibus on the main Aberdeen to Inverness road in Moray yesterday.

A DRIVER died and 10 people were injured in a crash between a van and a minibus today.

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary was under fire last night for having the worst casualty treatment times of any major hospital in Scotland - a day after a report revealed shocking standards of cleanliness.

Four people were arrested in connection with a haul of drugs worth more than A 20,000 seized by police in raids in the north of Scotland.

ALEC Smart, golf ranger at Dunecht House Golf Club, has retired after 12 years' service and a club membership spanning 82 years.

Beer A British brewery has created what it claims is the world's strongest beer - coming in at 32 percent alcohol by volume.

DO NOT read this book on an empty stomach. Really. Because I guarantee, your appetite will be completely gone by the middle of the book.

A controversial Scottish brewery has launched what it described as the world's strongest beer - with a 32% alcohol content.

IT WAS love at first sight for Mark and Jennifer Hunter when they saw their home at the Daviot Estate on the outskirts of Inverurie.

A dog which made headlines around the world after he lost his owner and caught the right train home has died.

Molly Forbes, 85, who lives on land Trump wants to buy, filed papers with the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking an interim judgment against planning consents granted by Aberdeenshire Council, according to an e-mailed statement today from the Environmental Law Centre Scotland, a charity that provides environment-related legal advice to ...

TARGET: Claire Ewen, with an X-ray showing a pellet lodged near her eye after she was shot with an air gun Politicians and victims of air-gun crime last night welcomed proposals that would give Holyrood the power to ban the weapons in Scotland.

DENNIS Nilsen is one of Britain's most twisted murderers. Now a new BBC Alba documentary looks at his childhood in the north east of Scotland in search of clues to what drove him to such heinous crimes, writes Emma Cowing THE VILLAGE OF Strichen, near Scotland's windswept north-eastern coast, is one of the gems around Fraserburgh.

Due to the impending closure of the Peterhead Library and Arbuthnot Museum, the Family History Society of Buchan will be moving its Family History Centre to a temporary home at 35 Broad Street, thanks to Peterhead Projects.

The U.S. Labor Department says a British contractor has agreed to pay nearly $400,000 in back overtime wages.

CRIMINAL prosecution of individuals whose failings directly contributed to the RAF Kinloss Nimrod tragedy is being pursued by the parents of one of the 14 personnel who lost their lives.

The funeral of a man killed when his motorcycle collided with a lorry on an Aberdeenshire road has been held.

BANCHORY has been awarded a certificate of merit by Beautiful Scotland. The Bonnie Banchory committee were thrilled to receive the certificate, which was presented to the town's library this week and will be displayed next to the Green Butterfly Award given to the Banchory Bags Campaign.

NORTH east beer company BrewDog took a step closer to creating an eco-brewery near Potterton, as Formartine councillors recommended the application be approved at the local authority's full council meeting next week.

A man's body has been pulled from the sea by a fishing boat, police have said. The remains were spotted on Wednesday night around seven miles north of Macduff, Aberdeenshire.