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Scotland’s Railway is reminding passengers that the railway will close between Kennishead and Kilmarnock for six-weeks as part of a £63 million upgrade.

It was a victory for Team Fire at the annual Battle of the Badges football tournament, where a total of £32,436 was raised for the Archie Foundation, the official charity of the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.

Engineers will be working around-the-clock to repair the West Highland Line after severe flooding on Monday night caused significant damage between Roy Bridge and Tulloch.

Pupils from Beeslack and Penicuik high schools have been given an opportunity to experience hands on training repairing and restoring some areas of the stone boundary walls in St Mungo’s Churchyard in Penicuik. This is part of the final phase of the Penicuik Heritage Regeneration Project (PHRP

Sandford Village Hall has been officially re-opened by Provost Margaret Cooper. The hall was undergoing substantial improvements thanks to £100,000 funding by Banks Kypemuir Community Fund and the Renewable Energy Fund.

Footway and road safety improvements on the A78 at the Ardgowan Road in Wemyss Bay have begun. The work is being undertaken by Amey, on behalf of Transport Scotland as part of the Network Management Contract for the South-West Trunk Road Unit.

McDonald’s has formally submitted plans to Aberdeenshire Council for a new drive-thru in Ellon. If approved, the drive-thru would bring an estimated investment of £4 million to the town.

Justin Young has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), effective 5 July 2023. The decision was made by RICS's Governing Council to drive further strategic, cultural and operational change within the organisation. Mr Young, previousl

Wallace Whittle, the sustainable environmental building services consultant, has relocated its Aberdeen team to a new prime office in prestigious Marischal Square from the West End. Wallace Whittle has secured a suite on level two in 1MSq on a new 10-year lease and has relocated its staff to the Gra

In a remarkable display of canine dexterity and intelligence, Leo, a two-year-old working cocker spaniel from Scotland, has secured a place in the Guinness World Records. Using his impressive mouth coordination skills, Leo managed to deposit an astounding 23 coins into a piggy bank within just 60 se

A total of 50 new homes will help local people in housing need following the completion of a project involving Persimmon West Scotland and Riverside Scotland in Monkton. The much-needed affordable homes have been built on Persimmon’s Fairfields development in Monkton and include a variety of t

Argyll and Bute Council’s £15 million Flood Protection Scheme in Campbeltown is continuing to make good progress, with the project on course to be complete by February 2024.

A former Aberdeen hotel is to be developed into student accommodation following the completion of a £9.7 million development loan facility. The site was formerly a Hilton Hotel that ceased trading in early 2020. As such, only minimal work is necessary to achieve the conversion to stu

Developer Artisan Real Estate’s pioneering drive for zero carbon low-cost living has taken a major step forward with the installation of 126 individual air source heat pumps (ASHPs) at its Rowanbank Gardens development in Corstorphine, Edinburgh. Described as a "spectacular blueprint for low c

Aberdeen-headquartered energy consultancy Axis, which provides exploration and production, decommissioning and carbon capture and storage (CCS) services to the global energy industry, has been acquired by sustainable solutions provider RSK. Serving the sector since 2001, Axis has worked on 2,400 pro