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Aberdeen City Libraries is taking part in the Year of Stories 2022 this autumn with a series of storytelling sessions for children aged 8 to 11 exploring the wealth of traditional stories and folk tales from the North East. 

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Statutory stakeholder engagement is to get under way on a new road layout for the city centre.

The bus priority route – which would also accommodate cycles, goods vehicles, taxis and private hire cars – was agreed in principle at a meeting of Full Council in June 2022.

The route…

Aberdeen City Council’s Urgent Business Committee today agreed to submit a bid for Aberdeen to host the 2025 Tall Ships event. The bid will be made in partnership with the Port of Aberdeen and Business Improvement District operator Aberdeen Inspired.

The closing date for submissions is…

Aberdeen City Council has embarked on a new initiative to attract teachers to its Gaelic Medium Education (GME) unit at Gilcomstoun School with early success.

 

Aberdeen is today (Thursday 20 October) celebrating multiple wins including the top prize as Best City, in the annual Beautiful Scotland awards ceremony yesterday in which the city was recognised for its fantastic…

King Charles III visited Aberdeen today to meet families forced to flee their country because of conflict – and to thank the city for providing a place of refuge and humanitarian aid. 

Aberdeen City Council has worked with the UK and Scottish Governments and partner organisations to…

Two new trail guides for Aberdeen were today launched at the start of the October school holidays which will help locals and visitors discover places full of history, heritage, and beautiful green spaces.

A Health and Wellbeing Summit was held today at the Town House to discuss how best to support children and young people in Aberdeen following the Covid-19 pandemic.  

Elected Members, MSPs, the education service and children’s social work were joined by representatives from…

Work has totally finished and tenants are moving into a development of new council flats which are part of a programme building 2,000 new council houses across Aberdeen.

 

The development at…

Aberdeen City Council today approved the appointment of six external advisers to work with the new Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee in progressing its aim and objectives.

The representatives are made up of a cross section of people working across a variety of sectors with…

The Christmas season is nearly upon us, and Aberdeen is set to 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 return to the festive events line-up including the…

An energy from waste (EfW) project which is currently under construction has donated £50,000 to several North East organisations as part of its commitment to give back to its surrounding area.