News Archive
This is an archive of news articles from Aberdeen City Council up to 30 November 2021.
Free Dr Bike sessions
09 March 2018
A series of free events for people to get their bikes checked over in time for cycling about in the Spring weather are taking place this month in Aberdeen. People can take their bikes along without…
Ferryhill School receives historic Unicef UK Gold Award
09 March 2018
Ferryhill School today (Friday 9 March) celebrated a remarkable first in being awarded a Gold by Unicef UK’s Rights Respecting programme. The school joins over 400 schools across the UK that…
Aberdeen pupils encouraged to show their creativity as Arts Across Learning Festival gets into full swing
09 March 2018
Aberdeen’s Primary School pupils are exploring their creative sides this week and next thanks to this year’s Arts Across Learning Festival. The festival which kicked off on Monday 5 Mach…
Early Learning and Childcare Academy launched
08 March 2018
Starting a career in Early Learning & Childcare (ELC) just got easier with the launch of a new online facility at http://elcacademy.scot/ in Aberdeen this week. The ELC Academy website is a…
Schemes to help stop flooding in the city
08 March 2018
Construction on a new project, which is one of four around the Den Burn area designed to help save houses and businesses in the neighbourhood and further downstream from being flooded, is starting…
Middleton Park’s plogging pupils clean up in double quick time
07 March 2018
Pupils at Middleton Park today (Wednesday 7 March) showed off their energetic approach to cleaning up their surroundings…plogging! The school has adopted the Swedish fitness trend that…
Aberdeen City Council sets priorities in 2018/19 budget
07 March 2018
Aberdeen City Council has set its 2018/19 budget and underlined the authority’s commitment to innovation in service delivery as well as a range of new initiatives. A balanced budget was agreed…
Options for funding package for 2,000 new council homes in Aberdeen to be explored
07 March 2018
Aberdeen City Council is to develop plans for the delivery of 2,000 new council homes following yesterday’s (6 March 2018) annual budget meeting. Elected members have instructed the Director…
Potholes started to be inspected and filled in around Aberdeen
07 March 2018
Aberdeen City Council staff yesterday started to fill potholes on the main roads around the city after the road surface temperatures rose above 0C. Roads teams were out on the city’s highways…
Council in call for LGBT people in Aberdeen to help meet the needs for more foster carers and adopters
06 March 2018
Aberdeen City Council is joining in the UK-wide LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week which runs from 5 to 11 March. The council is encouraging LGBT people to help provide homes for children and young…
Plastic straws could be banned by Aberdeen City Council
05 March 2018
Members of Aberdeen City Council today (Monday 05 March) considered the Final Straw campaign, which aims to achieve the banning of plastic drinking straws in Scotland. Members agreed that the…
Victoria Road School site to be placed on the market
05 March 2018
The former Victoria Road School in Torry is to be placed on the open market – with the aim that prospective buyers retain existing buildings. The approach was agreed by members of Aberdeen…