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Jonathan Tait escaped punishment after a sheriff agreed he was provoked into an attack when he attempted to run away from the gang.

St Machar Academy pupils have been unable to attend school today.

The Press and Journal is following progress being made on the central stretch of Union Street as workers push to get it finished in time for the Christmas light switch-on parade.

The event has been a staple in the summer calendar for decades.

Four officers were seen entering a block of flats on George Street.

The 18-year-old was issued with a fixed penalty notice for careless driving after he destroyed 12 metres of bridge wall and damaged riverbed protection works completed just two months earlier.

Schools in Aberdeenshire and the Highlands were among those who received the threatening message.

Plans to turn the spot into a restaurant were put forward in 2022, but never made it off the drawing board.