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• Four men charged after more than £300,000 worth of drugs seized from Aberdeen car

  A four-figure sum of cash was also found by police.

• Aberdeen’s Sobr wins prize at Scottish Bar and Pub Awards

  As well as the non-alcohol bar, there was also success for venues in Inverness and Oban.

• Video: Man attempts to steal motorbike from Aberdeen street

  A two-minute video has surfaced online of the would-be thief.

• Health bosses claim Insch War Memorial Hospital too expensive to revive as villagers blast ‘soul-destroying’ permanent closure

  Health bosses argued the 104-year-old building was no longer fit-for-purpose, spelling out its many drawbacks, and would be too costly to modernise.

• Midweek court roll – a Trump assassination threat and a 13-year-old abuser

  The week is halfway done and these are the cases we've been covering from courtrooms around the north and north-east.

• Masked Fraserburgh arsonist told to ‘get a job or go to jail’ after targeting family

  Sheriff Annella Cowan gave unemployed welder Mark McBride a stark choice - pay £750 a month or serve time in prison.

• Council could put limit on Aberdeen Beach food trucks – as new licences dished out amid fears area ‘can’t take much more’

  More than 35 trailers and vans are licensed to trade down at the seafront. And councillors are "between a rock and a hard place" to find ways of saying no to more.

• Man found dead near Coast Road in Aberdeen after major emergency response

  Police, paramedics and the Coastguard all attended the scene.

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