News Archive
This is an archive of news articles from Aberdeen City Council up to 30 November 2021.
SPECTRA countdown begins as Aberdeen’s spectacular festival of light returns in 2020
05 December 2019
Aberdeen City Council's 2020 events programme will burst into life with the return of the SPECTRA festival of light. Taking its inspiration from Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters…
Cartomania – A Victorian Photographic Phenomenon comes to the Maritime Museum
03 December 2019
A new exhibition, Cartomania, celebrating the Victorian craze for Carte de Visite photography has opened at Aberdeen Maritime Museum. Cartes de visite, small pocket-sized cards, were the first form…
Aberdeen City Music School pupils to perform at BBC Sports Personality of the Year event
02 December 2019
Four pupils at Aberdeen City Music School are to play at the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year event dinner next month. The awards, which have been a much-loved landmark in the UK…
National recognition for Aberdeen as Council of the Year shortlist is revealed
02 December 2019
Aberdeen City Council has been named as a finalist in a prestigious national award celebrating achievements in local government. The Council of the Year category is the highlight of the annual LGC…
BBC Festival of Sport open to all
29 November 2019
To coincide with BBC Sports Personality of the Year, the BBC has organised a Festival of Sport, offering local people the chance to try out a variety of sports for free on Friday 13 and Saturday 14…
Emergency Road closures due to surface water
29 November 2019
Due to a large amount of surface water flowing onto and flooding both Kirk Brae and Blacktop Road, and with freezing temperatures forecasted over this weekend, Aberdeen City Council’s…
School engagement project scoops national award
29 November 2019
An Aberdeen City Council school engagement project that invited nearly 400 youngsters to share their vision for Union Street has received a prestigious national planning award. The…
Bin collections over the 2019/20 festive period
28 November 2019
Residents in Aberdeen were today advised that if their waste or recycling bins were due to be picked up on Christmas or New Year’s Day, they would instead be picked up the Saturday before. So…
Consultation event to be held for new Replacement Milltimber School
28 November 2019
A consultation event is being held next week to give members of the public a chance to look at plans for a new school in Milltimber which will replace the current building. The drop-in event will…
12 Days of Christmas sculpture trail returns to Aberdeen
28 November 2019
Twelve unique and striking totem pole sculptures are being been placed across Aberdeen city centre as shoppers and visitors are invited to find them and solve the Christmas puzzle. Created by local…
Festivities continue with Aberdeen nativity scene blessing
27 November 2019
The Aberdeen festive programme continues when a blessing service for the nativity scene in St Nicholas Kirkyard takes place next week. The Depute Provost of Aberdeen Councillor Jennifer Stewart will…
Care experienced young people to benefit from recycled council mobile phones
27 November 2019
Care experienced young people are to be provided with surplus staff mobile phones from Aberdeen City Council following a request made by them to the city’s Champions Board which brings together…