Transport chief tight-lipped on A96 dualling projects
Transport bosses expect to confirm this year if the current timescales for dualling the A9 and A96 "remain deliverable".
Transport bosses expect to confirm this year if the current timescales for dualling the A9 and A96 "remain deliverable".
Returning to management during a pandemic has presented Huntly boss Allan Hale with different challenges – but he’s embraced the unique circumstances.
Snow ploughs will return to the railway line between Keith and Inverurie today after trains were stopped in their tracks by 6ft-high drifts.
Members of the Peaky Blinders production crew - along with a shivering canary - were among those needing emergency accommodation after being caught up in the travel chaos.
The owners of an Aberdeenshire hotel have been hailed as heroes for putting up dozens of people free of charge after they were stranded by snow.
Main roads have been closed in the north and north east of Scotland following heavy snowfalls.
Fire crews have been called to a farm blaze near Huntly this evening. Four appliances were sent to Whitestones Farm just after 10.30pm. They currently remain on site where they are tackling a fire in an outbuilding. It is not known if anyone has been injured.
The wintry blast that blanketed the north-east in a covering of snow brought disruption in its wake.
Organisations that helped out with the Huntly gas outage have been thanked for their efforts.
Vulnerable residents in a rural Aberdeenshire community will be faced with 40-mile journeys on “treacherous” wintry roads next week in order to get their jabs after plans to host a vaccination centre in Alford were scrapped.
Fire crews have now left a house in Huntly, which was the scene of an earlier blaze.
Heavy snowfall and wintry conditions are wreaking havoc on the A96 Inverness to Aberdeen road between Keith and Huntly, with numerous vehicles reported to have been affected.
Gas has been restored to homes in Keith and Huntly.
The Elgin and Aberdeen mass vaccination centres will be opened for seven days a week in the coming weeks.
SGN is hoping to restore gas to everyone in Huntly and Keith later today.
Parts of the north and north-east have seen the yellow weather warning for snow on Friday and Saturday upgraded to a more serious amber warning.
A convenience store worker in Keith has donated a number of portable heaters for those affected by the gas switch-off in Moray.
Two north-east towns could be without gas heating and hot water for a considerable amount of time due to a "major disruption" with the supply.
About 4,500 properties in Huntly and Keith could be left without gas overnight due to a fault.
An office manager broke down in the dock as she was jailed for embezzling more than £200,000 from her work to feed her gambling addiction.
Plans to transform a 19th century Aberdeen school into affordable housing have received a “vital” £1.4 million shot in the arm.
A memorial bench at Huntly Golf Club has been destroyed in a "shocking" act of vandalism.
Formartine United manager Paul Lawson was not surprised his side’s Scottish Cup tie with Annan Athletic was one of several to fall foul of the weather.
Three of tomorrow's Scottish Cup cup ties involving Highland League sides have been wiped out by the wintery weather.
Boss Allan Hale is relishing taking on Dumbarton after Huntly’s Scottish Cup victory against Cumbernauld Colts.
Two people have been injured in a two-car crash near Huntly.
Huntly's Scottish Cup tie against Cumbernauld Colts has been called off for a third time.
Huntly boss Allan Hale is hopeful of getting their Scottish Cup tie with Cumbernauld Colts finally played tomorrow.
Jock Porter was Scotland’s first Isle of Man TT champion who built his own motorcycles.
A man has been taken to hospital following a two-vehicle crash on the A96 near Huntly.