Sharon Donaldson

Hazlehead Academy: The knife attack happened in April last year. STV News A 15-year-old girl who attacked a pupil with a knife after fantasising about hurting other school bullies at an Aberdeen school has been referred to the children’s hearing system. The now 15-year-old pled guilty earlier this year to repeatedly striking the child on the head with a knife to her severe injury, permanent disfigurement and danger of her life.

NHS Grampian has said it has submitted documents ahead of a deadline in which it was to identify £23m worth of savings. The health board has been trying to form a recovery plan after it was revealed it had been given a loan of £67m from the Scottish Government to balance the books last year. In April, NHS Grampian said it had a projected overspend this year of around £68m It said it would have a plan in place by June 7 to reduce that amount by £23m, so that its deficit was not more than £45m.

Police have uncovered new DNA evidence they believe will help them solve one of Scotland’s most notorious unsolved murders. The development comes 40 years after taxi driver George Murdoch was violently attacked with a cheese wire while on his way to pick up his last fare of the night in Aberdeen.