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Maintenance work is currently underway at the Mitchell Tower at Marischal College East which is owned by the University of Aberdeen. It is expected that the unforeseen repair and maintenance programme could take at least 12 months - although this has still to be confirmed pending detailed…
An Aberdeen City Council spokesperson said: “Dyce Academy and the swimming pool remain closed to pupils and staff following a fire overnight.
“Council officers and the headteacher have not yet been able to gain access to the school building to fully assess the extent of the damage. They…
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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Gritters will be out on the city’s main roads tonight for the first time this winter with temperatures predicted to plunge to below 0C.
The forecast is for road temperatures to get to -0.9C with a risk of ice and hoar frost at 2am so Aberdeen City Council gritters will be out treating the…
About 11,500 tonnes of salt, 24 road gritters, 21 pavement gritters, and about 180 Council staff are ready to grit Aberdeen’s priority roads and pavements this winter.
The gritting team are often travelling to work on untreated roads to ensure the squad of gritter vehicles are treating the…
Aberdeen City Council today (Wednesday 13 December) approved a motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The motion, put forward by Councillor Simon Watson, hailed the authority’s record of international solidarity with those in need and providing…
Grants for installing flooding property protection has been extended to include businesses, a committee decided today (7 March 2023).
The Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee unanumously agreed to the move for commercial…
All available gritters are out on the city’s roads this morning (7 March 2023) as the City Council deals with the huge dump of snow which enveloped Aberdeen from 5am to 6am.
The primary routes -…
The North East Local Flood Risk Management Plan which addresses potentially vulnerable areas in Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City, and Moray Council areas as well as the Cairngorms National Park area for the next six years has been published.
The Plan is part of a strategic approach at a…
People are being warned that pavements and roads are likely to be very slippery tomorrow morning due to below 0C temperatures overnight and after the freeze-thaw-freeze experienced today.
Aberdeen City Council pavement and road gritters have been out all day and will be out overnight,…
Residents across Aberdeen can now apply for a free one-tonne community salt bag to treat icy roads and pavements in their neighbourhood during the winter months.
Although it has been quite a mild autumn so far, winter is fast coming…