Aberdeen Man in Prison after Robbing Shop With Spoon

A man who robbed an Aberdeen shop with the use of a spoon, has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison. Mathew Whyte, 26, confessed to threatening two staff members at the Hammerton Store on Great Northern Rd back in July. Whyte, who was only recently out of prison, had used a spoon during the incident and made out that it was a knife. He had made away with £464.04 from the Aberdeen shop. The 26-year-old was sentenced to 20 months in...

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Remorseful Aberdeen Worker Tries to Sell £1.8K Lunch Bid

arried away A generous oil worker has shown remorse after successfully bidding £1800 on a lunch with SNP leader, Alex Salmond.  Garry Stuart, 43, who bid for the meal at a charity fundraiser after a few drinks, admitted he actually hates politics and "got carried away". The 43-year old admitted to forgetting all about the lunch with the First Minister until earlier this month and has taken to desperately trying to sell the lunch...

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Drunk Aberdonian Calls Cops For More Liquor

Picture property of David Wygant An Aberdeen man who drunkenly called emergency services multiple times  has been sentenced with a community payback order. Wayne Dorrans, 31, who had rang up police several times, had even sternly requested they bring him more alcoholic beverages. After admitting to making the pestering calls, Dorrans was sentenced at Aberdeen Sheriff Court,  to undertake 100 hours of unpaid work, by Sheriff...

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Tech Review: Fourth Generation iPad

The fourth generation iPad Review It's been just seven months since the third generation iPad was released, now here we are with a fourth generation already in our hands. This is not a laptop and definitely not a phone, but instead here we have an ever-so-slightly-updated tablet. An intelligently crafted 9.7" slab of technology with a touchscreen for primary input and wireless technologies for communication and data transfer.  Tablets...

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RGU: Union To Move

RGU: UNION announces plans to move to Garthdee in 2013 The only student bar in Aberdeen city-centre has announced their plans to move to Garthdee next Summer. The RGU:Union, situated on Schoolhill, released a public statement informing students that they would be relocating due to Robert Gordon University's plans to sell the buildings in the city-centre when they move to the new building at the Garthdee campus. The RGU:Union provides...

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News in Video First Bus Dispute

An ongoing dispute between First Aberdeen and it's staff over pay and conditions may finally come to a close by the 17th of December as a revised offer was put forward by First Aberdeen: - Granite City N...

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News in Video: One Up To Close Doors?

One Up to close if business doesn't improve? An Independant music shop in Aberdeen is facing the possibility of closing it's doors due to financial worries. One Up, which has existed since 1979, is the only independent music store in Aberdeen. It has continued to survive against stiff competition from nearby shops such as HMV and even the long-gone Virgin Megastores. ...

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Game Review: Rock Band Blitz

Rock Band: Blitz Review for Xbox 360/PS3 Rock Band is a music rhythm series by Harmonix Studios which debuted in 2009 for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. Since then it's seen three main releases and a handful of mobile and band-related spinoffs such as Rock Band: The Beatles. Rock Band Blitz comes as a digital only download in 2012 for Xbox 360 and PS3 owners, and manages to be one of the most unique title in the series. Unlike the other Rock Band games...

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