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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.

Police vehicles and officers have been spotted outside Thistle Court.

This was the seventh year of the awards, which shine a spotlight on the work of third sector organisations and individuals.

Lord Provost David Cameron says the rule change stems from his rivals' "undignified behaviour" at last year's event.