Ellon News

Aberdeenshire Council is to be recommended to increase council housing rents by five per cent in each of the next three years.

Aberdeenshire may slash the amount of salt the council buys and axe unfilled vacancies in a bid to plug its estimated £67 million budget gap.

The awards recognise outstanding achievements in the energy industry.

Think about the impact we, and our words and actions, each have on the lives of those around us.

North-east emergency services are to swap the frontline for the football pitch at this year’s charity Battle of the Badges tournament.

NORTH-east residents who have successfully given up smoking in the last couple of years are being encouraged to share their experiences.

Aberdeenshire residents who have successfully given up smoking are being encouraged to share their experiences about how they managed to quit.

Project management and integration company Camm-Pro has secured a multi-million-pound contract with BP.

MP David Duguid has urged fishermen to take part in an industry-wide consultation to explore medical exemptions.

Portsoy's Scottish Traditional Boat Festival and other areas of the north-east are set to feature in a new BBC TV show featuring Sir David Jason.

The crop growing skills of north- east farmers have again been highlighted thanks to an annual turnip and fodder beet growing competition.

Concerns have been voiced that the R100 broadband programme will be delayed even further.

DARREN is a big loveable ferret who is ready for his forever home.

Peterhead councillor Matthew James has called for assessment of the HGV volume on the A90 road.

The Archie Foundation will pay tribute to 50 years of music at its sparkling 2024 Glitter Ball.

THE announcement of an XL Bully ban in Scotland has been branded a "sad day" by a major animal welfare charity.

WINTER can be a fun time for pets, but with temperatures dropping vet charity PDSA is warning owners to keep their four-legged friends safe and warm.

Two men have been charged in connection with cyber fraud and money laundering which targeted an elderly man in Aberdeenshire.

A celebration of people that make a difference to their communities is now open for nominations.

IT has been a busy year for the volunteers at Buckie RNLI lifeboat station since they scooped the Moray and Banffshire Emergency Services Hero award.