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A fundraiser has also been launched to create a memorial bench to allow his family to "visit, sit, remember him and feel close to him".

The closure led to long queues northbound near the AWPR slip road.

Officers appeared to be searching a car in the area.

Plants growing out of the walls and roof of the Grey Mill at the former textile mill have been removed. But Aberdeen City Council hasn't heard anything from the owner on new development plans all year.

Historians fear converting the restaurant at Aberdeen Arms Hotel into rentals could harm the character of the 18th-century landmark.

The pair ran for their lives as a gunman opened fire, killing six people in the Polish city.

Richard Murray, 44, told Aberdeen Sheriff Court he had shut down his business, Drive On driving school, following allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards teenage pupils.

Our reporters have been sitting in courtrooms across the north and north-east this week, covering a wide variety of cases – from a man convicted of public indecency who claimed he was scratching a groin itch to a bogus medic who twice failed to appear for sentencing.