City and Shire team leader for the Press and Journal, covering news across the north-east with a focus on council, planning and regeneration.
Men’s Shed takeover of old Macduff school backed by councillors – but can group afford it?
December 14, 2021
Peterhead charity shop fears for future amid warning traffic ban will hammer donations
December 13, 2021
Major Macduff hotel expansion, Aberdeen hostel to become huge home and laird’s private chapel on ancient estate
December 13, 2021
‘This could be our last family Christmas’: UK Government bans wife from joining Aberdeen man on visit home from abroad to elderly parents
December 12, 2021
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Closing time for another Banff pub? Central Bar could be turned into hairdresser
December 11, 2021
‘The dynamic has changed…’ Traffic banned from Peterhead town centre streets amid fears for shoppers
December 10, 2021
Rallying cry for support as charity Christmas market reopens after storm damage
December 10, 2021
Plans to turn Aberdeen hotel into student flats rejected over cramped living conditions
December 9, 2021
‘It will cause conflict’: Aberdeen hotel poised for student flats change despite protests about shared courtyard
December 8, 2021
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Peterhead Hogmanay bash hanging in the balance as council demands more information
December 7, 2021
Homes to be built over demolished Aberdeen office, new Peterhead dance studio and anyone in Braemar for tennis?
December 6, 2021
‘It was far and above what we anticipated…’ Inside look at taskforce fighting to repair communities after Storm Arwen carnage
December 5, 2021
Storm Arwen: Power to be restored to final hundreds of homes within hours – but some vulnerable people remain unaccounted for
December 4, 2021
Fashion fan opens Aberdeen vintage shop after losing job in London during lockdown
December 4, 2021
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Portsoy food-lovers rejoice! 19th Century church will be turned into new restaurant
December 3, 2021
Fears for wildlife as 250-home Peterculter expansion plans are lodged
December 2, 2021
‘None of us are getting any younger…’ Plea for redundant school to be replaced with new Milltimber care home
December 1, 2021
Old Aberdeen Grammar School FP Club could become block of flats after sale in business rates row
December 1, 2021
Church’s AECC takeover, new ice cream shop for Stonehaven and Ballater AirBnB plans
November 29, 2021
Ballater’s first seafood restaurant planned for venue created by Duke of Rothesay
November 28, 2021
Fancy moving house AND helping save the planet? Newly approved Banchory eco village might be for you!
November 26, 2021
Relief as replacement Abbeyton Bridge finally confirmed three years after demolition
November 25, 2021
Tourism-boosting Laurencekirk hotel can only proceed when delayed £24m flyover is built
November 25, 2021
‘Deeply damaged and traumatised…’ Ballater residents pleading for flooding action to prevent repeat of Storm Frank chaos
November 24, 2021