Politics

Projects for new schools in Fraserburgh and Stonehaven are amongst those that have missed out on vital Scottish Government funding.

Young people have been encouraged to find out if they are eligible for the Job Start Payment from the Scottish Government.

New flashing signs which were supposed to increase safety at a dangerous A96 junction are out of use just a month after they were installed.

MSP Karen Adam's latest column looks at the impact of Storm Babet.

Offers of 27 new licences have been made in areas prioritised because they have the potential to go into production more quickly than others.

THE surprise announcement of a council tax freeze in Scotland has provoked contrasting reactions from two of Buckie's councillors.

Plans to expand a programme which supports young people impacted by drug and alcohol addiction to the north-east have been welcomed.

Hopes have been kindled that a mothballed north-east hospital could reopen if Scottish Government NHS funding arrives soon.

Local food and drink producers in the north-east can apply for funding from the Scottish Government’s Regional Food Fund.

Road deaths in the north-east remain at the highest level in four years as 17 people were killed on routes across the region in 2022.

Aberdeenshire East MSP Gillian Martin has welcomed funding from the Scottish Government to support Aberdeenshire Council.

Aberdeenshire is one of the areas announced that will become home to Scotland’s first Bairns’ Hoose test sites.

MP Richard Thomson's latest column sees him looking back at the SNP Conference which was held in Aberdeen.

Views are being sought on the introduction of the Pension Age Winter Heating Payment in Scotland.

In his latest column, MP David Duguid welcomes £3 million of funding for a Scottish Seafood Centre of Excellence.

The Scottish Parliament’s Economy and Fair Work Committee is heading to the north-east next month to begin its next inquiry into a Just Transition.

Farming Union says the ban will "consign some of Scotland’s hillside to monocultures of tick-laden nature-depleted bracken."

The SNP has been slammed for not including the dualling of the A90 between Ellon and Peterhead at its party conference.

Operated by the Scottish White Fish Producers Association, the facility will include purpose-built classrooms and technology demonstration spaces.

Criticism still rankles as speakers take aim at critics: ‘the Tories get so chuffed when they can use SNP quotes to throw at us.’