Police hand out Polish posters as hopes fade for missing angler »
Grampian Police has renewed an appeal for witnesses as hopes fade for missing angler Adam Kryszpin.
Mr Krzyszpin is believed to have been swept off cliffs in Cove while fishing on Sunday. The Coastguard conducted coastline searches, while police officers re-visited potential witnesses.
Detective Sergeant Stuart Gray said: “We know Adam headed off towards the area known [...]
Police warning after stadium ban »
A senior police officer has slammed sectarianism at football matches after a teen Hearts fan was convicted of sectarian behaviour on Monday.
19-year-old Callum Dean, from Edinburgh, was fined £350 at Aberdeen Sherriff Court on Monday and banned from entering football stadiums after a sectarian incident at the Aberdeen v. Hearts clash on Saturday 9th January.
Grampian [...]
Salmond to face new questions on Lockerbie bomber release »
The First Minister and the Justice Secretary are to face new questions about the Lockerbie bomber’s release.
Alex Salmond and Kenny MacAskill will be grilled by the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster today over the release of Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi in August 2009.
Megrahi, who killed 270 people by bombing PanAm flight 103 in 1988, was freed on [...]
Pensioner and teen charged over hare coursing allegations »
A pensioner and a teenager were among four men arrested over two alleged hare coursing incidents in Aberdeenshire.
Grampian Police confirmed that a 16-year-old boy and three men aged 22, 48 and 69 were all charged.
The incidents allegedly took place on agricultural land in St Katherines and Clola in Aberdeenshire on Saturday 9th January.
Constable Gary Johnston, [...]
Government launches £4million apprentice scheme »
A £4million scheme to encourage businesses to hire apprentices was today launched by the Scottish Education Secretary.
4000 companies will be given £1,000 to take on new apprentices in the scheme, which runs from January 11th to March 26th 2010.
Education and Lifelong Learning Secretary Mike Russell said:
“This Government is doing everything it can to help the [...]
Dog rescued by 17 firemen after falling into icy duck pond »
A dog fell into an icy duck pond in Kilmarnock yesterday morning, sparking a rescue by 17 firefighters.
Icy weather has frozen over many ponds, and even some parts of lochs, as temperatures continue to plummet (Scott Campbell/NND Scotland)
The eight-year-old Cocker Spaniel, named Matt, was running across the ice whilst on a walk with his owner’s [...]