The North-east and Aberdeen’s reputation as a business tourism destination is being strengthened by new direct flights from Frankfurt.

six teams from four districts within the SAYFC North Region took part in the recent North Agri Skills competition at Dingwall Auction Mart.

The cook will be baking free pancakes for visitors at Braemar Castle this Sunday (May 27) when the Castle’s Victorian heritage will be celebrated with an upstairs/downstairs day.

The Upper Donside Gamekeeper Gun club held its annual open clay pigeon shoot at Bellabeg Park, Strathdon on Sunday.

Nine Aboyne Academy pupils have raised over £200 by taking part in the Badaguish Youth Outdoor Challenge, which raises money for activity holidays for children and adults with special needs.

a group of five Aboyne Academy pupils organised a Pink Friday event to raise money for Breast Cancer Care.

Deeside Community Transport Group were expecting delivery of their new Renault Master 17 seater, wheelchair adaptable, minibus this week .

In the lead up to Aboyne’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations on Sunday, June 3, twenty four shops and businesses in the village are taking part in a quiz.

This Sunday ( May 20) Glen Muick Church will hear the Queen’s Island Male Voice Choir in a lively programme ranging from hymns to songs from the shows and back again.

Upper Deeside school children in the Cairngorms National Park will find out more about how and why their local area is shaped from a planning perspective this week.

A Deeside photography company is celebrating thirty years in business this month.

A two-day course will provide hands-on instruction and training in the skills and techniques involved in constructing and repairing dry stone walls at Fyvie Castle on May 17 and 18.

Pupils and parents from Alford Primary School had a night to remember, with a special performance of Scota-land, thanks to the Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival Wee Night Out tour.

Pupils at Aboyne Primary School have voted to support the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) as their school charity this year.

As part of an Enterprise topic, P6/7 from Durris School formed a company to organise and prepare a community event on the theme of World War 2.

On May 26, Inverurie based postman, Graham Watson, is holding his seventh annual Charity Darts Competition at the Inverurie Royal British Legion Club.

Guest speaker at the South Marr Community Safety Group annual general meeting on Thursday, May 17 will be Gerry Bowyer of the Aberdeen Street Pastors.

A £100,000 refurbishment of the historic Gairnshiel Bridge, near Ballater, has been completed more than three weeks ahead of schedule, says Aberdeenshire Council. The A939 Gairnshiel to Colnabaichen road reopened to traffic last Friday following essential works to the structure of the bridge. Repairs to the A-listed bridge, built in 1751 over the River Gairn, were carried out by Aberdeenshire Council’s in-house construction section.

Aspiring novelists and writers of short stories can can get some expert advice in Deeside this summer when renowned novelist and short story writer, Margaret Elphinstone, will lead a one-day creative writing course for budding authors.

A new season of film screenings is on offer at Banchory’s Woodend Barn through its Film Club and Film Nights, featuring the venue’s HD projection and surround sound cinema facility.