News Archive
This is an archive of news articles from Aberdeen City Council up to 30 November 2021.
Beach clean up on Saturday
27 January 2016
A clean-up of Aberdeen beach has been organised for Saturday (30 Jan) to help tidy up debris from the recent storms. The event has been organised by members of the community with equipment provided…
Aberdeen marks Holocaust Memorial Day
26 January 2016
An event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day will take place at the Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen this Sunday (January 30). There will be a screening of the film, Night Will Fall, a 1945 documentary…
First householders awarded flooding grants
26 January 2016
The first grants have been awarded by Aberdeen City Council to householders in the city who were affected by the recent flooding. The funding, which is available to all local authorities in Scotland…
Young people have their say on budget spending
25 January 2016
Young people Aberdeen are having their say on the allocation of funding from the City Council's 2014/15 budget underspend. Pupils from local schools have become involved in an ongoing '…
January is the ideal month to take up healthy reading
24 January 2016
January is often the month when people decide to get fitter and eat more healthily, which is why Aberdeen City Libraries has created Healthy Reading Collections in a number of local libraries. The…
City Council appoints local firm for data centre services
21 January 2016
Aberdeen City Council has awarded local firm brightsolid a three-year contract to manage its data services. The agreement will see brightsolid provide Aberdeen City Council with a managed data…
Aberdeen Station Gateway agreed
20 January 2016
A part of the City Masterplan which is designed to revitalise public transport and pedestrian links in Aberdeen have taken a step forward when the planning, design and development principles for the…
Local Transport Strategy agreed
20 January 2016
A Local Transport Strategy (LTS) for Aberdeen from 2016 to 2021 was agreed by the City Council's Communities, Housing and Infrastructure committee yesterday. The strategy was developed to set…
New funding to unlock secrets of city records
20 January 2016
A new project to unlock the secrets of Aberdeen's Burgh Records has been awarded funding of £310,000. The city has more surviving records for the period 13981511 than all other Scottish…
Statement from Aberdeen City Council Leader:City Region Deal
20 January 2016
Statement from Aberdeen City Council Leader Jenny Laing regarding the proposals for an Aberdeen City Region Deal. "We have always felt that we had a very compelling case for a City Region Deal for…
Changes to Aberdeen Crematorium rules
19 January 2016
Changes to rules at Aberdeen Crematorium were agreed by Aberdeen City Council at a meeting today. Two main changes were agreed by members of the City Council's Communities, Housing and…
City Council policy on mobility scooters approved
19 January 2016
A new policy to ensure the safe usage of mobility scooters within Aberdeen City Council sheltered housing blocks has been agreed. The decision will help to address the potential hazard of scooters…