Work on the footbridge brings into question the timescale for its replacement which was proposed to improve access earlier this month.
Sites are operating through to Friday and will be open again on January 3 and 4.
Multimillion investment will provide a boost for infrastructure to modernise UK ports and processing facilities.
Expanded Polystyrene which includes all polystyrene packing materials such as shape-moulded packaging is now accepted at sites in Ellon and Inverurie.
Lateral flow self test kits will be available this week at several locations.
Temporary measures to limit the spread of the Omicron variant whilst the accelerated booster vaccination programme takes effect have come into force.
Deveronvale vs Buckie Thistle which was due to take place on Monday, December 27 has been called off.
A total of 38 service personnel will start in January for four weeks.
Chief Superintendent George Macdonald offers his comments on the last 12 months.
A backlog in test reporting has lead to a massive spike in case numbers, both in overall numbers and in the Omicron variant statistics.
NHS Grampian has also update information on vaccination centre opening times.
They were reported to the Procurator Fiscal for a number of alleged road traffic offences that took place in a car park off the High Street.
Anyone who has not yet had their booster is still being urged to get ‘boosted by the bells’.
National cases of the variant have risen by 40 per cent in the last 24 hours.
Trees have been planted at Fordyce Primary School to mark the occasion.
MSP Gillian Martin reflects on the past 12 months in her latest column.
Several routes have been cleared at Castle Fraser, Crathes Castle, Fyvie Castle and Leith Hall.
MP Richard Thomson looks at the year past and the year ahead in his latest column.
Beef calf scheme, Sustainable Agricultural Capital Grants Scheme and Scrapie Monitoring Scheme applications all due on December 31.
The move comes in light of not only issues with fallen trees, but significant damage to the carriageway and verges.