Prisoner numbers at record high despite 600 releases in six months
Numerous attempts to address overcrowding have failed to make a long-term impact and the population has reached critical levels.
Numerous attempts to address overcrowding have failed to make a long-term impact and the population has reached critical levels.
Public health director Jennifer Davies says of the 12,834 under-fives in the area, almost 22% lived in relative poverty.
The new service between Aberdeen, Orkney and Shetland aims to give more passengers a good night's sleep.
Learning assistants in the area are walking out for one day due to a row over how their jobs are graded.
Sai Shraddha Suresh Viswanathan hoped to be a prospective MSP in the North East of Scotland in the Scottish Parliament election.
Steve Clarke still hopes to sort out his Scotland future before the World Cup and explains the omission of Hull City's Oli McBurnie from his squad.
Teenage winger Findlay Curtis will be Scotland's youngest player at the 2026 World Cup after an impressive burst of form on loan at Kilmarnock from Rangers.
And gossip and speculation about who'll be appointed to cabinet.
BBC Scotland charts Ross Stewart's remarkable decade-long rise, which could culminate in him firing Southampton to the Premier League before appearing at the World Cup.
The boy raped the 15-year-old girl in Edinburgh's Joopa Quarry Park when he was 14.