arriving here in northeast scotland following a formal request for assistance to the uk government for that were being told that they will focus on door to door welfare checks in more remote communities particularly for vulnerable residents of the community. in fact it s a short time ago we saw a minibus of soldiers depart from here in the aberdeenshire village. minibus of soldiers depart from here in the aberdeenshire village. of course on residents in this region have now been without power for six nights which is obviously less than ideal given that the amount of snow we had here overnight for that were being told that personnel will be deployed to 11 locations across the region, that includes hotly and stone haven and others. the latest energy providers says that more than 3,000 customers are still without power. that s mainly in more rural areas. and aberdeenshire is the worst affected for the butt engineers as you would can imagine are continuing to try to restore supplies withou
nicholas witchell, bbc news. in the past few minutes associated newspapers has made a statement saying they are very disappointed by the decision of the court of appeal. no evidence has been tested in cross examination, as it should be, and they are considering an appeal to the supreme court. the army is being brought in to help people in scotland in the aftermath of storm arwen. across scotland and northern england thousands of homes are still without power nearly a week after the storm hit. 0ur reporter ben philip has been in aboyne in aberdeenshire, where help is being called in from the military. aberdeenshire council confirmed this morning that that number is up to more than 130 military personnel who will be arriving here in north east scotland, following a formal request for assistance to the uk government. we are being told that they will focus on door to door welfare checks in more remote communities, particularly for vulnerable residents of the community. in fact, just a sh
aberdeenshire council confirmed that that number is up to more than 113 military personnel who will be arriving here in north east scotland following a formal request for assistance to the uk government. we are being told they will focus on door to door welfare checks in more remote communities, particularly for vulnerable residents. just a short time ago we saw a minibus of soldiers depart from here in the aberdeenshire village. some residents have been without power for six nights which is obviously less than ideal given the amount of snow we have had here overnight. we have been told that personnel will be deployed to 11 locations across the region, that includes huntly, and stonehaven. the latest update from ss sienna says that more than 3000 customers are still without power and that is mainly in more rural areas and aberdeenshire is the