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The delivery of Aberdeen City Council’s Schools Estate programme has been revised and reprioritised due to the impact of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete, commonly referred to as RAAC, being present in three school buildings.
Since late August 2023, the Council’s Schools Estate Team…
A combination of visual and physical surveys undertaken by independent structural engineers have revealed that Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) has been identified in three of Aberdeen City Council’s 11 secondary schools and in none of the authority’s primary schools.
RAAC is…
Care experienced children, young people and care leavers are being encouraged to take part in a survey to share their experiences of care and how they feel about their lives as part of International Care Day.
To celebrate the day, which takes place this year on 16th February, events…
Councillors, including Education and Children’s Services convener Councillor Martin Greig and vice-convener, Councillor Jessica Mennie visited the location of Aberdeen’s first Bairns’ Hoose test site yesterday following the city’s successful bid to be a Scottish Government…
Signage for a new low emission zone (LEZ) in Aberdeen city centre which will help to improve air quality is to start to be installed on Thursday.
As part of a Scotland-wide programme, LEZs are being introduced in Scotland’s four biggest cities - Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, and Aberdeen.…
Ahead of AFC Community Trust Day on Saturday 17 February, 10 pupils from St Machar Academy have been given the unique opportunity to design a football shirt which will be worn by Dons players in the warm-up ahead of their match against Hibernian.
The 10 participants of the S3 AFCCT St…
Spectra, Scotland's Festival of Light, celebrated its 10th anniversary in style with over 100,000 thousand visits to festival sites throughout the heart of Aberdeen.
Celebrating the theme of Connections, Scotland’s biggest and brightest light festival, brought artists from all over the…
A mental health and wellbeing event for those living in Northfield took place on Saturday 10 February 2024.
The Northfield Love and Community…
Spectra, Scotland’s award-winning festival of light, opened last night (Thursday 8 February) in Aberdeen with a spectacular 10th anniversary programme that will light up the city centre until Sunday 11 February.
Inspired by the theme of ‘Connections’, the festival sees some of Aberdeen’s…
Children and young people are to receive encouragement to get involved in shaping Aberdeen’s city centre and beachfront masterplan from an unusual source – a pair of animated seagulls, Dave and Sam.
The savvy seagulls, not to be confused with…
Council Co-leaders, Christian Allard and Ian Yuill have welcomed progress on the latest phase of the ambitious regeneration of the city’s beachfront shoreline which places safety and futureproofing at the forefront.
Councillors today approved report recommendations to refer the third phase…
Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums announce a new concert series especially for music lovers. Classics @ the Cowdray features an irresistible blend of classical and popular music performed by the Aberdeen-based Nova Quartet at Cowdray Hall.
The new…