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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.

Failing to reinstate Scottish rivers will put communities at ‘catastrophic risk’ of flooding

North East & Tayside

Failing to reinstate rivers will put communities at 'catastrophic risk'

Family fear Scots grandad detained in Dubai wouldn’t survive jail

UK & International

Family fear Scots grandad detained in Dubai wouldn't survive jail

‘Everyone is distraught’: Locals dismayed over delay to new £160m Belford Hospital in Fort William

Highlands & Islands

'Everyone is distraught': Locals dismayed over delay to new £160m hospital

Scotland’s most endangered bird can be seen up close for the first time in new virtual project

North East & Tayside

Capercaillie mating ritual recreated for virtual reality project

Blood donors encouraged to ‘give the gift of life’ over Christmas period

North East & Tayside

‘I wouldn’t be standing here right now without blood donors’

Stoneywood paper mill workers win legal battle over claims they were not properly consulted over redundancy

North East & Tayside

Five former paper mill workers win legal battle over redundancy claims

Woman conned out of £1,000 in gift card scam after email from fraudster impersonating her boss

North East & Tayside

Woman conned out of £1,000 after email from scammer impersonating her boss

Aberdeen woman with MS said it took two years to say her diagnosis out loud

North East & Tayside

'I have MS - it took two years to say my diagnosis out loud'

Family members of those in prison say they’re ‘serving their own sentence’

North East & Tayside

Families of those in prison 'serving their own sentence'

Aberdeenshire mum who lost only son in crash makes road safety plea

North East & Tayside

Aberdeenshire mum who lost only child in crash makes road safety plea

Aberdeenshire: Blind man’s plea for pedestrian crossing at busy Alford’s Main Street rejected by council

North East & Tayside

Blind man's plea for pedestrian crossing at busy road rejected by council

Veterans open up about PTSD and struggles with mental health in call for better support

North East & Tayside

'I've lost 23 friends to suicide since I joined the military'

Dramatic landscapes inspire artists and designers showcasing their work at North East Open Studios event

North East & Tayside

Dramatic landscapes inspire artists and designers showcasing their work

Peterhead Prison siege officer who was rescued by SAS dies aged 93

North East & Tayside

Prison siege officer who was rescued by SAS dies aged 93

Barley farmer faces losing £100,000 as extreme weather threatens harvest

North East & Tayside

Barley farmer faces losing £100,000 after harvest hit by extreme weather

Heatwave Aberdeen: Yxng Stunna, M2 ABZ, Josh McLean among acts at new rap and hip-hop showcase event

North East & Tayside

Rap and hip-hop showcase sees artists including Yxng Stunna hit stage

Women with chronic pain say they are in too much pain to work and are struggling with the cost of living

North East & Tayside

'I'm £200 behind on rent but I'm in too much pain to work'

Army veteran relieved to be alive after rescue from remote North Atlantic rock

Highlands & Islands

Army veteran relieved to be alive after rescue from remote North Atlantic rock

Scotland’s SPCA animal rescue charity in ‘crisis’ amid highest-ever running costs

Scotland's animal rescue charity in 'crisis' amid highest-ever running costs

Offshore oil and gas workers fear being left behind in transition to renewables

North East & Tayside

'Oil and gas must go, but I'm being left behind and it's terrifying'

Craigievar Castle: Scotland’s own ‘Cinderella castle’ said to have inspired Disney undergoes revamp

North East & Tayside

Scotland's own 'Cinderella' castle to undergo major revamp

Aberdeen Airport: Police warn drunk passengers won’t board flights in airport crackdown this summer

North East & Tayside

Police warn drunk passengers won't board flights in airport crackdown

Milk prices: Cuts mean struggling dairy farmers could ‘face collapse’, union chiefs warn

Struggling dairy farmers 'face collapse' as milk price drops

Historians unravelling the mystery behind a WW2 Aberdeen artwork found in basement of fisherman’s mission

Historians unravelling the mystery behind a WW2 artwork

National Farmers Union: Mental health fears for farmers as support pleas treble in sector

North East & Tayside

Mental health fears for farmers as support pleas treble in sector

Scotch whisky industry delivered ‘historic blow’ in largest tax hike in decades

North East & Tayside

'Historic blow' for whisky industry in largest tax hike in decades

Aberdeen Blitz: Remembering when bombs rained down on the Granite City during World War Two

North East & Tayside

Aberdeen Blitz: Remembering when bombs rained down on the Granite City

Roofer brings world-famous Banksy design to building top in Inverness

Highlands & Islands

Roofer brings world-famous Banksy design to building top

Anger as Aberdeen City Council confirms plans to close libraries and Bucksburn swimming pool

North East & Tayside

Anger as council confirms plans to close libraries and swimming pool

Aberdeen charity Abernecessities says demand for families in cost-of-living crisis has soared

North East & Tayside

'We helped 250 families a month... now it's that number every week'

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