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Kirstin Tait

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Kirstin is a production journalist at STV News based in Aberdeen and has an interest in social issues, the environment and covering breaking news. She previously worked as a reporter for the Press and Journal, Evening Express and the Hull Daily Mail.

Cost of living: Hundreds in rural areas relying on ‘lifeline’ foodbank van

North East & Tayside

Hundreds in rural areas relying on 'lifeline' foodbank van

2 days ago

Rainbow Rogues: ‘Lifeline’ service for disabled pre-school children in Aberdeenshire at risk

North East & Tayside

'Lifeline' service for disabled children faces closure

6 days ago

Aberdeenshire woman who suffered stroke set for carriage-driving world championships

North East & Tayside

Rider set for world championships after life-changing stroke

2 weeks ago

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary scanner saves lives by helping to cure rare brain tumours

North East & Tayside

'My boys need their mum' - scanner targets rare brain tumours

3 weeks ago

Deaf children’s education in Scotland facing ‘crisis’ amid teacher shortage, says charity

North East & Tayside

Deaf children's education facing 'crisis' amid teacher shortage

1 month ago

Caithness parents feel ‘shunned and overlooked’ due to lack of disability respite services

Highlands & Islands

Parents 'shunned and overlooked' by lack of respite care

1 month ago

Caithness mothers forced to travel over 100 miles to Inverness to give birth

Highlands & Islands

'Forgotten' mums forced into 100-mile journey to give birth

2 months ago

Home Start Caithness handing out more blankets despite windfarms producing more than enough energy

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Why are blankets being handed out when we produce so much energy?

Kirstin Tait

River Dee fishery protection officers use jet ski to stop seals from endangering salmon numbers

North East & Tayside

Jet ski patrols and 'horrible' sound to stop seals eating salmon

2 months ago

Quarter of Childline calls go unanswered due to lack of volunteer counsellors

North East & Tayside

One in four 'heartbreaking' calls to Childline goes unanswered

3 months ago

Woman spending £500 a month on dog fears rising winter costs

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'My dog costs £500 a month - I'll go without to keep her fed'

3 months ago

Labour shortages ‘leave Scottish tourism businesses struggling to survive’

North East & Tayside

Labour shortages 'leave tourism firms struggling to survive'

4 months ago

Campaigners ‘devastated’ as plans to build energy transition zone on Aberdeen park take step forward

North East & Tayside

Campaigners 'devastated' as plans to build on park take step forward

Updated 4 months ago

Devastation and shock as hundreds lose jobs in Aberdeen Stoneywood paper mill administration

North East & Tayside

Devastation and shock as hundreds lose jobs in paper mill collapse

4 months ago

NHS Highland mental health patients face two-year wait for treatment in Caithness

Highlands & Islands

Mental health patients face 'torturous' two-year wait for treatment

4 months ago

Thousands of families desperate as number of childminders plummets in Scotland

Scotland

Families desperate as childminders 'forced out by paperwork'

4 months ago

Help plea as hundreds of young people go homeless in the north-east

North East & Tayside

Hundreds of young people left homeless in the north-east

5 months ago

Huge crowds turn out at Braemar Highland Games despite Queen’s absence

Highlands & Islands

Huge crowds turn out at Highland Games despite Queen's absence

5 months ago

Aberdeen family takeaway facing closure over £10,000 quarterly energy bills

North East & Tayside

Family takeaway facing closure over £10,000 quarterly energy bills

6 months ago

Thousands wait for mental health services in the Highlands

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Thousands wait for mental health services in the Highlands

6 months ago

Aberdeen mum told she had a year to live is trying to find a cure for brain tumours eight years on

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Mum told she had one year to live looking for cure eight years on

6 months ago

Rugby legend Doddie Weir awarded with honorary degree for MND work at Abertay University

North East & Tayside

Rugby legend Doddie Weir awarded honorary degree for MND work

7 months ago

Aberdeen green space the size of 130 football pitches to be developed into council housing

North East & Tayside

Green space size of 130 football pitches to be developed into housing

7 months ago

Number of charity users more than doubles amid cost of living crisis

North East & Tayside

Number of street charity users soars amid cost of living crisis

7 months ago

Climate change: Brothers to launch replica HMS Erebus and HMS Terror on Antarctic adventure

North East & Tayside

Schoolboy brothers to launch replica boats on Antarctic adventure

7 months ago

Campaign breaks silence around periods to mark Menstrual Hygiene Day

North East & Tayside

Campaign breaks silence around periods to mark Menstrual Hygiene Day

8 months ago

Man visits lighthouses across Scotland to honour keeper grandfather

North East & Tayside

Lighthouse tour honours grandfather's important work

9 months ago

Flights in and out of Wick John O’Groats Airport return for first time since 2019

Highlands & Islands

Flights in and out of Wick Airport return for first time since 2019

10 months ago

Police officer Jonathan Davis’ ‘chest infection’ turned out to be chronic illnesses

North East & Tayside

Police officer's 'chest infection' led to shock diagnosis

10 months ago

Around 100,000 visitors set to arrive in Orkney during cruise ship season

Highlands & Islands

Islanders prepare for 100,000 visitors as cruise ship season returns

10 months ago

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Scottish Retail Consortium says one in six shops in Scotland is lying empty

Scotland

'Heavy toll' on retailers as one in six shops lies empty

CalMac boss Robbie Drummond vows to find best system for building new ferries

CalMac boss vows to find best system for building new ferries

Trans woman rapist Isla Bryson ‘enrolled in beauty college course after being charged with sex attacks’

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Trans rapist 'enrolled in beauty college course after sex attacks'

Scotland’s prisons: Number of gang members and bosses in jail revealed

Scotland

Number of gangland bosses in Scotland's prisons revealed

Student accommodation still ‘unsuitable’ despite soaring costs, say NUS Scotland

Scotland

Student accommodation still 'unsuitable' despite soaring costs, say NUS

Aldi: Permission granted for controversial £6.4m supermarket in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway

Supermarket row ends as permission given for new £6.4m Aldi

Investigation launched following ‘unexplained’ deaths of man and woman at Dalbeattie property

Investigation launched after man and woman found dead at property

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Missing cat saved by vet after travelling 130 miles in skip from Ross-shire to Perthshire

Highlands & Islands

Missing cat saved by vet after travelling 130 miles from home in skip

Driver caused son’s death speeding at 137mph in Highland police pursuit crash

Highlands & Islands

Driver caused son's death speeding at 137mph in police pursuit crash

Two taken to hospital after crash closes A96 in both directions

Highlands & Islands

Two taken to hospital after four-car crash closes major road

UK’s highest trainline Cairngorm Mountain Railway reopens after four-year closure

Highlands & Islands

UK's highest railway reopening after four-year closure

Scottish football club Inver FC furious after gates to home pitch stolen in overnight theft

Highlands & Islands

Football club furious after gates to home pitch stolen overnight

First orbital rocket launch from Scotland could blast off in October from Shetland SaxaVord spaceport

Highlands & Islands

First orbital rocket launch from Scotland could blast off in October

CCTV catches moment missing hillwalker boarded train from Linlithgow heading north to Perthshire

Highlands & Islands

CCTV of moment hillwalker missing for six days boarded northbound train

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