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A major hearing into the Stonehaven rail crash got underway today and heard details of challenging conditions at the scene of the tragedy.

Go-kart bosses want to give "a bottle of fizz" to race winners as part of their plans for a booze licence, but they also promised to breathalyse drivers before they get on the track...

The Met Office has issued a new weather warning for rain and snow.

A glass frontage could soon be installed at the new market, while towering play equipment will arrive at the beach - but there are fears that underground "challenges" could continue to blight Union Street progress.

Meanwhile, another former inn could be transformed too, while a home in Peterculter is to be demolished to make way for a replacement.

See photos from the Foundry's double disco night in Aberdeen with 2 for 1 cocktails, DJs Paul and Andy, and vibrant party moments captured.

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

Janet Turk's "horrifying" abuse of the elderly Laurencekirk woman left her "scared to be in her own home".