Rebecca Curran
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 14, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for BBC
- Top 1K sites
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- Aug 24, 2026
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Ellon care home 'facing closure' after inspectors raise safety concerns (opens the original)
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An Aberdeenshire care home faces possible closure after concerns were raised about the health and safety of its residents. Bonnyton House, in Ellon, was served with an improvement notice by the Care Inspectorate earlier this year, setting out requirements for the home to meet. But Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership (AHSCP) has now cancelled its contract with the home, saying it has not been assured that the improvements have been made and sustained. The home's owner Obinna Tochukwu
I moved my shop 20 miles because I couldn't afford £300 a week on fuel (opens the original)
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Antique shop owner Melanie Wilson says she has moved her business closer to home because she was struggling to pay nearly £300 a week on diesel as a result of soaring fuel prices. She opened her new location in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, earlier this month - cutting her commute by 20 miles and her fuel spend in half. Fuel prices in the UK have climbed about 5p in just one week as a result of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, with diesel edging towards £1.95 a litre in some areas. Wilson is o
Hundreds of North Sea workers too heavy for new helicopter rules (opens the original)
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Hundreds of North Sea workers are still too heavy for offshore helicopter travel less than two months before new rules come into force, BBC Scotland has learned. From November they should weigh no more than 19st 7Ib (124kg) in their clothing and footwear, so they can be winched to safety in an emergency. When the plans were announced by industry body Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) last year, they said more than 2,200 workers were above that limit. New figures suggest up to 800 still exceed it. Jobs
Victims describe 'house of terror' abuse by mother, grandmother and stepfather (opens the original)
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A mother, grandmother and stepfather who subjected three children to years of abuse in a "house of terror" have avoided jail. Shirley Freeman, Julia Stephen and David McColl's victims were beaten, starved and psychologically tormented between 2003 and 2012. Freeman, 51, and Stephen, 69, were earlier found guilty of cruel and unnatural treatment. McColl, 50, admitted the crimes. At Aberdeen Sheriff Court, Sheriff Craig Findlater said no sentence could "repair the awful childhoods" of the trio's v
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