Kintore

The first 10 days of the year brought heavy snow to the north east of Scotland, and it has barely stopped raining since then.

A yellow warning of rain remains in place for a wide area of Scotland until midnight on Friday.

Details of the decision come after councillors in neighbouring Angus voted to oppose the project.

The overhead line scheme would see pylons erected along a 66-mile route between Aberdeenshire and Angus.

The chicken is believed to have ridden on the spare wheel from Kintore to Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire.

Halfpenny Farm Animal Sanctuary in Aberdeenshire began life almost by accident more than 20 years ago.

The plans in Aberdeenshire look set to go ahead, despite a council committee calling for refusal.