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To mark World Mental Health Day (Tuesday 10 October) over 2,000 school children across Aberdeen took part in The Daily Mile, a transformative initiative that sees children run, jog, wheel or walk for fifteen minutes at their own pace to improve physical, social, emotional, and mental…
Aberdeen Art Gallery is delighted to launch a major exhibition of new work by three of Scotland’s foremost artists – Lennox Dunbar, Ian Howard and Arthur Watson. The Aberdeen-born contemporaries attended Aberdeen Grammar School and as students were greatly influenced by weekly visits to the Art…
Aberdeen City Council has taken ownership of its new £23million Greyhope School and Community Hub following completion of building work on schedule, it was announced today (11 October 2023).
The keys to the new school…
The second phase of major public consultation to help shape Aberdeen City Council’s spending plans was launched today.
The rising cost of delivering public services means that the council must plan for a funding shortfall of £83 million over the next four years, which includes £35m in…
S5 pupil Saanvi Kumar of Cults Academy has been named the new Youth Climate Change President for Aberdeen.
Saanvi will be assisted by four vice-presidents: Finlay Robinson (S4 Dyce Academy), Anna Thompson (S6 Cults Academy), Yujin An (S4 Cults Academy), and Vinuth Wijemanne (S4 Cults…
Construction work to extend the cycle network through West Tullos to Wellington Road will begin on Monday next week (9 October).
New cycle facilities will connect Wellington Road with the “Shell Path”, which runs between King George VI Bridge and Abbotswell Road, improving active travel…
Efforts to support some of Aberdeen’s most vulnerable young people into education, training, and work have seen Aberdeen City Council’s ABZWorks employability service shortlisted for a national award.
Care experienced young people…
Aberdeen will sparkle this festive season as Christmas celebrations return to the city again later this year.
Residents and visitors alike will be pleased to see traditional favourites in the festive events line-up including the Christmas Lights Switch-on Parade, Aberdeen Christmas…
Aberdeen City Council is celebrating success in two categories at the Aberdeen City and Shire Thistle Awards, which highlight the important role the Council’s venues and events play in the region’s tourism and culture offering.
The ninth edition of the awards, which recognise and reward…
More than 22,000 council homes in Aberdeen are currently being reviewed for the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) – a lightweight building material used between the 1950s and 1990s.
Although Aberdeen City Council is not expected to have many homes built with…
Aberdeen’s fireworks display will be back to bring the sparkle to the Beach Esplanade when it returns on Sunday 5 November.
The display will mark the start of Aberdeen’s 2023 Winter Festival programme.
The free event, organised by Aberdeen City Council and hosted by…
The last work felling and removing thousands of trees which were damaged in and around Aberdeen from Storm Arwen, Storm Malik and Storm Corrie has started.
Aberdeen City Council recorded more than…