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17 hours ago | pressandjournal.co.uk | Joanne Warnock

A Portlethen man has been banned from the roads for three years after admitting hitting speeds of 130mph on a motorbike. Andrew Dinan, 28, was spotted by traffic cops riding a silver Honda 1000cc motorcycle through Altens in Aberdeen on June 24 last year. Police were carrying out speed checks at the Loch of Loirston area and saw Dinan’s bike travelling over the speed limit just before 7pm. Aberdeen Sheriff Court was told Dinan undertook and swerved around other road users, hitting speeds of 130mph.

1 day ago | pressandjournal.co.uk | Joanne Warnock

An Aberdeen man has been locked up after being found guilty of raping one woman and sexually assaulting another. Jamie Forbes, 33, wept as he was put in handcuffs following the verdict at his High Court trial. All the offences – including assaults on two other women – took place between 2016 and 2023. Forbes, of Willowpark Crescent, denied the charges and had lodged a special defence of consent for one of his victims.

1 day ago | pressandjournal.co.uk | Keith Findlay

Policy changes and investment are badly needed to avoid Scotland “sleepwalking” into an economic clearance of crofting areas, a new report warns. Cultivating Change: Crofting on Eigg is published today. It is billed as an in-depth analysis of opportunities for the growth and development of crofting on Eigg, one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides.

2 days ago | pressandjournal.co.uk | Keith Findlay

A 12% increase in Scottish sourcing by the UK’s biggest supermarkets could deliver a £500 million bonanza for farmers, crofters and growers north of the border, according to NFU Scotland (NFUS). The farmers’ union is today publishing the findings of its latest ShelfWatch survey. Just 17% of food on sale in supermarkets across the country was labelled as Scottish. NFUS is now challenging grocers to work with the industry to  increase the amount of home-grown or reared produce on their shelves.

3 days ago | pressandjournal.co.uk | Ena Saracevic

The daughter of an Aboyne firefighter who lost his life in the line of duty says she is “thankful” her dad won’t be forgotten by history. Saturday marked the 60th anniversary of the death of Dudley Hamish Grant, then Aboyne’s leading fireman. Affectionately known as Hamish by friends and family, he was just three days shy of his 37th birthday when he died. The firefighter lost his life after a fire engine crash near Craigievar in 1965.