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First Bus has teamed up with Scotland’s Festival of Light for the second year running to offer free bus travel to Spectra visitors.
With an apt festival theme of Journeys this year, up to two thousand two-trip tickets have been made available, allowing visitors to claim free travel…
Spectra, Scotland’s Festival of Light, returns to Aberdeen next week (6-9 February 2025) and to safely accommodate the audience and art installations, a number of temporary parking restrictions and road closures will be in place in the city centre.
Now in its 11th year Spectra will once…
Aberdeen City Council is offering a one-time grant of £500 to individual local businesses that want to show their support for Spectra – Scotland’s Festival of Light – when it returns to the city next week.
Spectra, runs from Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 February and will see Aberdeen city centre…
Local traders and charities are invited to be part of a huge outdoor market on Port of Aberdeen quayside that will be at the vibrant heart of the spectacular Tall Ships Races extravaganza this July.
Curated on the Quayside will run for four days from Saturday 19 July - Tuesday 22 July, and…
25/1/25, 9.45am
Council services have now mostly returned to normal while the clean-up for Storm Éowyn continues. School lets remain cancelled today.Thank you for your patience and understanding while buildings were closed and services were disrupted. ❤️ Thank you to everyone who…
23/1/25, 9.40am
All residents who were displaced due to the Merkland Road East fire yesterday can return home now.
Many thanks to ACC staff, volunteers, Aberdeen Sports Village, Red Cross volunteers, police and SRFS crews and officers for their assistance.
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A 20mph speed limit for streets in the north part of the Aberdeen, which will improve road safety, was agreed at a Council committee today (21 January 2025).
The report to the Net Zero, Environment, and Transport committee highlights the Scottish Government published a ‘Scotland’s Road…
Schools are set to be invited to participate in a pilot scheme aimed at improving feelings of safety, reducing traffic volumes, and promoting active travel around pick up and drop off times.
Plans for the School Streets scheme, approved at today’s meeting of the Net Zero, Environment and…
Award-winning Scottish artist, Council Baby, the heartbeats of 60 Aberdonians, a 50m long multi-sensory walkway, a sprawling illuminated fungal network, and Scottish illustrator, Johanna Basford OBE, best known for her adult colouring book creations, are amongst a plethora of artists and…
An event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day will take place on Monday 27 January 2025 in the Cowdray Hall at Aberdeen Art Gallery.
Holocaust Memorial Day is held annually across the world to remember the six million Jews and other groups murdered under Nazi persecution, and more recent…
More than 6,000 people used the services of free night buses from Aberdeen City Council which went to key destinations across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire at weekends in November and December and Hogmanay.
The weekend services, which operated from Saturday 16 November 2024 to Sunday 5…
Organisations are being encouraged to apply for the Fairer Aberdeen Fund to help tackle poverty and deprivation across the city.
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