News Archive
This is an archive of news articles from Aberdeen City Council up to 30 November 2021.
New Year waste collections
02 January 2017
Please put your bins out for collection as usual this week and we will endeavour to collect them on the scheduled day. Due to the public holidays today (2 January) and tomorrow there may be some…
Hundreds of diseased or dying trees to be felled
02 January 2017
Hundreds of trees which are diseased or have died across the city including a large number from Dutch Elm disease are to be felled this coming year. There are about 400 of the diseased or dying…
Update: Disruption to waste collections
29 December 2016
Following disruption to waste collections earlier in the week, crews are working hard to clear those areas affected. Collections will continue throughout the remainder of the week, including on…
Spectra introduces live music programme
29 December 2016
Producers of SPECTRA, Aberdeen’s Festival of Light, have announced an exciting addition to the 2017 programme. A brand new live music stage will see local bands and performers entertain the…
Disruption to waste collections
28 December 2016
Due to staffing issues the collection of brown waste bins was disrupted on December 26 and 27. Rounds not completed on those days will resume at the next scheduled collection date (January 9 and 10…
Clean-up Aberdeen 2016
28 December 2016
With 159 clean-ups complete, 2720 participants involved and 2521 bags of litter filled – Clean-up Aberdeen has officially wrapped for 2016. Clean-up Aberdeen, led by Aberdeen City Council…
Actions taken since Storm Frank a year ago
26 December 2016
Aberdeen City Council has been working on several projects to help communities around the city since the devastation caused by Storm Frank on 29 and 30 December last year and the flooding on 8 and 9…
Aberdeen’s Hogmanay Celebrations set to bring in the new year in style
23 December 2016
Two top-class bands will be the focal point of Aberdeen’s city centre Hogmanay party. Performing live on stage at Schoolhill from 9.30pm, the musicians will entertain the crowds on December 31…
Cults to Kingswells road to re-open
22 December 2016
The c128c Cults to Kingswells road is to re-open tomorrow evening after being closed for four months due to work relation to the Stewart Milne development at Countesswells.. Aberdeen City Council…
Eagle eyed gardeners return lost wedding ring to its owner in ‘million to one’ find
22 December 2016
It was just an ordinary day at work for two Duthie Park gardeners but the working day was about to take a strange twist when they were approached by a worried visitor. Rob Devlin and Shane Walsh,…
Green Santa encourages Christmas creativity in Aberdeen schools
22 December 2016
It is the season to be jolly – as well as to recycle, upcycle and get creative as part of a drive to encourage school pupils in Aberdeen to reduce waste over the festive period. An annual…
Duthie Park café to re-open in Spring
21 December 2016
The café in Duthie Park is to re-open in the Spring after extensive refurbishments and an extension into the Winter Gardens, Aberdeen City Council can reveal today. The facility is to have a…