News Archive
This is an archive of news articles from Aberdeen City Council up to 30 November 2021.
Aberdeen in the RHS Britain in Bloom Finals 2016
15 February 2016
The city of Aberdeen has been selected from more than 600 entrants to take part in the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Britain in Bloom UK Finals 2016. Aberdeen is one of 72 finalists from…
Creative night-time event for young people
10 February 2016
Young people are being invited to get creative, and dress up as superheroes or villains, at a special evening event tomorrow (Fri 12 Feb) at Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Shiprow. Anyone aged 13-25…
Shared cycle and pedestrian footway to be built
10 February 2016
Work is to start this month on a new shared cycle and pedestrian footway and widening an existing path so it can be used for cycling in the Bridge of Don area. The 3 metre-wide shared cycle and…
Work to start on flooding scheme
09 February 2016
Work is starting next week on a £140,000 Aberdeen City Council scheme to alleviate flood risk in a city community. The Leggart Terrace Sewer Diversion project will reduce the volume of water…
Young musicians to provide a little lunchtime music
09 February 2016
A free lunchbreak concert by young musicians from Aberdeen Grammar School will take place from 12.45pm to 1.30pm on Thursday 11 February, at Aberdeen Citadel, Castle Street. The Cowdray Hall's…
Union Terrace Gardens closed for SPECTRA set up
07 February 2016
Union Terrace Gardens will be partially closed at the beginning of February to welcome Spectra, Aberdeens Festival of Light to the city. To accommodate the installations Union Terrace Garden will…
Bus shelters being replaced
03 February 2016
A total of 15 bus shelters are being replaced around Aberdeen this month (Feb) using funds from the Bus Lane Enforcement surplus fund. £55,000 was allocated for bus shelter replacement in the…
Volunteers needed for more gorse clearing
02 February 2016
Aberdeen City Council Ranger Service is holding the second Volunteer Workday of the year on Saturday (Feb 6) to clear gorse at Scotstown Moor Local Nature Reserve. The gorse is invading the valuable…
Bridge of Don Academy to reopen tomorrow
01 February 2016
Bridge of Don Academy, Braehead Way, Aberdeen will reopen to pupils and staff tomorrow (Wed 03 Feb). The school was closed to pupils and staff today (Tue 02 Feb) and yesterday (Mon 01 Feb), because…
Road closed
01 February 2016
Aberdeen City Council has closed both ways of the C89c Chapel of Stoneywood from its junction with the A96 to Forrit Brae section of road due to deterioration caused by the recent bad weather…
Tickets on sale for an epic outdoor theatre event telling the story of Aberdeen
01 February 2016
Tickets are now on sale for an epic theatrical production that marks the finale of Granite, the large-scale arts project launched by Aberdeen City Council and the National Theatre of Scotland in…
Road in Cove to be closed due to resurfacing works
28 January 2016
A road in Cove is to be temporarily closed for two weekends while resurfacing works are undertaken. The temporary traffic management order applies to Langdykes Road from 7pm on 5 February 2016 to…