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• Huntly man who was fractionally over drug-driving limit spared ban

  Ewan Ord, who would have lost his job without a car, was just 0.7mg over the limit for a cannabis alternative when officers collared him.

• Aberdeen’s John Lewis go-kart plans poised for approval – despite neighbours fears over engine racket

  Planning officials have backed the proposals and are urging the council to give the project the green light.

• Aberdeen accordion player on decades of playing at Balmoral balls – and the time King Charles was late as he was ‘watching Corrie’

  Frank Thomson, 85, has received a British Empire Medal in recognition of his decades of service to traditional Scottish music.

• Turriff’s Jim Glennie, 99-year-old D-Day hero and Gordon Highlanders legend, awarded BEM

  The Second World War veteran from Turriff has been a proud standard bearer for the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen

• Fire devastates derelict building in Aberdeen

  Fire crews were called out to the Manor Drive area of Aberdeen on Friday evening.

• Animal charity appeals for information after body of small terrier discovered in Aberdeen

  The decomposed dog was found in the Seaton area of the city earlier this month.

• Noisy Macduff crime duo caught in the act

  Tony Strachan and Lewis Adams had plans to steal from a flat, but were snared because they could not keep the noise down.

• Demolition firm fined for safety failures after worker badly hurt – again

  Sylwester Zdunczyk was working for Cove-based Lawrie Demolition when he fell 18ft and landed on a concrete floor.

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