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A third of patients have unnecessary tubes inserted into veins when they are in hospital, pharmacists warn.

One of the world's smallest and rarest snails, measuring less than a millimetre in width, gets special protection.

Decisions on the future of major capital projects in Aberdeen have been referred to the full council.

Classmates will be offered counselling after a 15-year-old girl is killed after getting off a school bus.

A woman is airlifted to safety in Russia - after a distress signal was picked up at RAF Kinloss.

A major search is launched for a man reported missing from in Moray amid "serious concern" for his safety.

A soldier from Moray who was hit by a car in Poland is due to be flown home after more than a month in hospital.

A teenage girl badly injured after an accident with a car on an Aberdeenshire road is airlifted to hospital.

Two teenagers who injured several people when their motorbike crashed at a parade are detained.

Seven die when a helicopter heading to Aberdeen-based company Petrofac's oil field in Dubai crashes.

More than £11m has been committed to the building of Aberdeen City Council's new headquarters.

Police are probing a serious attack on two men by two others in a pub car park in Aberdeen.

A geneticist is to reveal the latest findings of her research into what washed up on an island's beach.

Police appeal for witnesses after a taxi driver threatened with a "bladed weapon" was robbed in Aberdeen.

Vandals who caused damage worth more than £10,000 to buses in Fraserburgh are sought.

A footballer appears in court charged with driving dangerously at speeds of up to 120mph.

The engagement ring of a World War I sailor which was found by divers last year goes on display in Orkney.

The teenager charged with the murder of Orkney woman Karen Aim in New Zealand is committed for trial.

A teenage boy is airlifted to hospital after falling down 80ft cliffs in the north east of Scotland.

A boy accused of murdering a backpacker told a security guard he knew who had attacked her, a court hears.