North East Radio Scotland

The Aberdeenshire firm is producing around 75,000 litres of ice cream a day and keeping the UK's shoppers cool after spending the hottest summer on record reaching for the freezer.

Cala Homes is set to invest around £49million into the Schoolhill site in Portlethen, with the housebuilder projecting a £35million boost for local construction businesses.

Taxi driver George Murdoch was found dead in Aberdeen in 1983.

The bakery giant is continuing its expansion across the north-east, with new plans submitted to the city council.

The proposal had ruffled some feathers in the village, with eight letters of objection submitted to the local authority.

Work is ongoing to construct the new £50million Flint food and drink hall, while teams are racing to complete the delayed transformation of Union Street Central.