Mystery granite came from Victorian park

Granite found in an Aberdeen back yard is from Union Terrace Gardens, it has been confirmed – leaving the council considering whether its builders have breached their contract to keep it safe.

Town House officials revealed a sub-contractor involved in the moving and storage of the blocks during the £28 million renovation of the Victorian park has admitted it was sourced from there.

Council chiefs are to meet with representatives from main contractor Balfour Beatty tomorrow to discuss the security of granite – which has to be reused in the refurbished gardens unless otherwise authorised.

They are also understood to be exploring the possibility that the blunder could amount to a breach of contract covering the Union Terrace Gardens (UTG) project.

Balfour Beatty has so far failed to respond to our request for comment.

A 55-year-old man was taken to hospital following an accident on the A82 between Glasgow and Inverness north of Kingshouse in Glencoe.

He was driving a BMW motorcycle that was involved in a crash with a VW Golf car.

The man was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness with serious injuries.

The crash happened at around 1.30pm on Monday.

Police Constable Mary Boyd from the Fort William Road Policing Unit said: “We are keen to speak to anyone who may have been around at the time of this crash, particularly anyone with dashcam footage that could help with our collision investigation.

“If you can help please call us on 101, quoting incident number 1805 of Monday June 14 2021.”