Aberdeenshire news

• Hospital's paediatric surgery could be suspended until December

  25-08-2026 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Emergency procedures at Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin were suspended in June and planned cases last week.
  
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• Scotland's universities face 'bleak' future as £200m funding gap revealed

  28-08-2026 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new report paints a 'bleak' picture of falling income from Scottish students and an over-reliance on international tuition fees.
  
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• Fish company fined after worker becomes entangled in machine

  28-08-2026 17:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Curtis New was clearing a blockage at Pelagia Shetland Limited in Lerwick when the machine restarted and he was struck repeatedly.
  
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• Former private school teacher struck off over allegations of touching

  28-08-2026 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The General Teaching Council for Scotland concludes Peter Parfitt is unfit to teach.
  
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• Bishop accused of bullying to retire next year

  28-08-2026 12:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Anne Dyer, the Scottish Episcopal Church's Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, was suspended in 2022.
  
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• Teenage biker killed in crash was 'deeply loved'

  28-08-2026 10:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kayden Thompson, 17, died after the crash on the B9031 near Pennan.
  
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• Man's brother, uncle and cousin die in Nepal flash floods

  27-08-2026 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barun Lamichhane, from Aberdeen, tells BBC Scotland News his uncle, brother and cousin all died but his parents and grandmother survived.
  
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• Sonny Kerr on Olympic dreams and temptation of going pro

  27-08-2026 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Aberdonian has been reflecting on his future after winning a Commonwealth Games bronze.
  
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• First female junior jarl for Shetland's Up Helly Aa festival

  27-08-2026 13:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The youth version of the world famous fire festival started in 1956.
  
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• Fallen power line may have caused grass fire

  27-08-2026 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  SSEN says it believes an overhead line coming down may have "contributed" to the incident in Moray.
  
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• Scottish airport numbers soar despite Middle East turmoil

  27-08-2026 07:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Almost 300,000 more passengers travelled in the spring and state-owned Prestwick saw a trebling of cargo volumes.
  
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• Shell to relocate some Aberdeen jobs to London

  26-08-2026 11:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company says the move will not affect workers on its North Sea operations.
  
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• Fires still burn in charred landscape as focus turns to wildfire prevention

  26-08-2026 07:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The RSPB is considering measures it can take to improve resilience in the wake of a five-week long fire in the Cairngorms.
  
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• Victims describe 'house of terror' abuse by mother, grandmother and stepfather

  24-08-2026 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shirley Freeman, Julia Stephen and David McColl's victims were beaten, starved and psychologically tormented.
  
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• Scotland's fire chief calls for better wildfire planning to 'protect lives'

  24-08-2026 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chief fire officer Stuart Stevens said wildfires cannot be addressed through emergency response alone.
  
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• Death of man who went overboard from cruise ship 'not suspicious'

  24-08-2026 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man's body was found after he was reported missing on Friday, when the vessel was off the east coast of Scotland
  
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• CrossCountry train services resume after outage

  24-08-2026 08:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It follows major national rail disruption at the weekend.
  
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• Jamieson takes Trump call after ending 14-year title wait

  23-08-2026 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scott Jamieson shoots a final round of 67 at the Nexo Championship to end his 14-year drought and earn a video call with President Donald Trump.
  
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• Wicker Man director's sons complete their late father's film trilogy

  23-08-2026 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The final film in the folk horror trilogy brings closure to the saga as well as its creator's family after more than 50 years.
  
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• World's largest heavy lift vessel carries oil platform to Shetland

  23-08-2026 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Pioneering Spirit is 1253ft long and 407ft wide with a 5,000 tonne crane for lifting the topsides of platforms.
  
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• Three taken to hospital after car crash in Aboyne

  21-08-2026 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The road between Dinnet and Aboyne has been closed following the crash, which happened just before 12.30.
  
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• Two men banned from every football ground in UK after disorder

  21-08-2026 15:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  John Smith, 19, from Peterhead, had thrown a bottle into Celtic supporters in the stand.
  
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• Scotland's NHS is putting reputation before patient safety - officials

  21-08-2026 13:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Senior health officials say there is a "culture of cover-up" and problems with patients' concerns being ignored in the NHS.
  
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• Historic Orkney Ba sold at auction for more than £3,000

  21-08-2026 07:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The small leather ball was won in mass street game in Kirkwall in 1907.
  
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• Plan for new roundabout to improve safety at Toll of Birness

  20-08-2026 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The junction at the site near Ellon has been the scene of serious accidents.
  
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• Abuser who stopped woman going to father's funeral appeals sentence

  19-08-2026 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Christopher Malcolm raped, attacked and abused women over the course of 16 years at locations in Moray and Lothian.
  
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• Boy, 12, charged over alleged sexual assault of eight-year-old girl

  19-08-2026 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officers had been investigating following a report of an incident in the Duff Street area of Macduff.
  
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• Rats delay start of new term for Lumphanan school pupils

  19-08-2026 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aberdeenshire Council says it might not be possible to reopen the primary until next week.
  
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• Aberdeenshire bridge damaged in vehicle collision

  19-08-2026 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 39ft-long section of the A-listed Banff Bridge was "destroyed", according to Aberdeenshire Council.
  
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• Man who raped women in Aberdeen and Fife jailed for 13 years

  19-08-2026 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scott Howarth, who is 35, also assaulted a third woman.
  
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