Oil prices and taxes weigh on Aberdeen's luxury property
The oil crisis and the Scottish Land and Buildings Transaction Tax are putting pressure on the luxury property market in Aberdeen, with prices in the city down by 6.8%; the average price is now said to be £178,069, compared to £191,032 last year. Prices across Aberdeenshire were down 2.7%, but elsewhere the picture was slightly more optimistic. Angus and Moray were up by 1.4% and 0.9% respectively, while across Scotland, there was a rise of 4.6%.

Police were called to a property in Cove on Saturday following reports of a serious sexual assault.

An investigation into the serious sexual assault was launched in Cove on Saturday night. Image: Kami Thomson/DC Thomson

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