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The Press and Journal is following what progress is being made on the central stretch of Union Street as workers push to get it finished for mid November.

Tolulope Oluwasanya pleaded with licensing chiefs to be allowed to skip the "extremely difficult" test.

Richard Tomkins, 33, set his Staffordshire Bull Terrier on a man at The Black Dog pub in Bridge of Don when the pub-goer suggested the dog might be thirsty.

Emergency road repairs are also being carried out while various fallen trees are being removed.

Education convener Martin Greig believes council officers have seen it all before, and backs them to see through the "imaginative" ways parents are trying to get their children into sought-after schools.

The Press and Journal has the full list of winners after the prestigious awards ceremony.

Meanwhile, plans for a motorhome stop in Royal Deeside have been kicking up a fuss with locals and a Peterhead hotel is looking to upgrade its offerings.

Our reporters have been sitting in courtrooms across the north and north-east this week and covered a wide variety of cases.