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Aberdeen budget exclusive: SNP and Lib Dems rule out four cuts too far ahead of crunch meeting
More than £1.5 million worth of funding to tackle poverty in Aberdeen is thought to be safe - as councillors meet to slash millions more from the city's budgets today. → Read More
Aberdeen budget: Why council tax is going up and harsh cuts could become a reality
Our guide reveals why Covid, the invasion of Ukraine and surging energy prices have all led to a cash crisis. → Read More
Could ‘middle class, baguette-pinching seagulls’ sink Aberdeen’s green bus stops?
Green bus stops are to be installed in Aberdeen in an eco-friendly trial. The grass-topped stops are to be introduced as part of a pilot programme, aimed → Read More
Has it been that long? 143 years of impatience for Union Terrace Gardens openings
In passing up and down Union Street, the question frequently occurs to me -'when are those gardens to be opened to the public?' Anything more painful to → Read More
Union Street’s newest trader: Attic puts faith in Granite Mile on day of crunch summit
A long-established Aberdeen fashion brand opened the doors of new Union Street premises yesterday - as city leaders gathered to discuss how to bring the Granite Mile back from the brink. → Read More
‘Signed, sealed, delivered’: Aberdeen’s market millions secured after months of ‘scare stories’
Months of "scare stories" have been put to bed in Aberdeen - as the city has taken receipt of millions in funding for a new market. Council chiefs have → Read More
Aberdeen FC’s new stadium will cost £80m… but could bring £1bn boost as part of beach revamp
Aberdeen FC's latest plan to replace Pittodrie with a new beach stadium could cost £80 million - but fresh studies predict a billion-pound boost for the city. → Read More
New images of reimagined city centre as consultation reveals plans to drastically reduce access to Union Street
Plans have been revealed to vastly reduce access to the west end of Union Street as a consultation is launched on multi-million-pound work in Aberdeen. → Read More
Common Sense Coffee House and Bar opens in UTG ‘without fanfare’
The doors of the first business to take space in Aberdeen's new-look Union Terrace Gardens quietly opened today. There was little fanfare and no official → Read More
Exclusive: The route the Queen’s cortege will take when it leaves Balmoral and heads into Aberdeen
Queen Elizabeth II will soon take one final journey through the Aberdeenshire countryside she loved so much. Mourners are expected to line the route from → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Could the Trinity Centre become Aberdeen’s open-top answer to London foodie haven Heddon Street?
Could a roofless Trinity Centre be Aberdeen's answer to the foodie havens of Mayfair and Soho? It's an idea that immediately came to Richard Tinto when → Read More
Eurovision: BBC acknowledges ‘strong case’ made for ‘Doric-vision’ in Aberdeen
The top office at the BBC has acknowledged there's a "strong case" for Aberdeen to host next year's Eurovision Song Contest. European broadcasting bosses → Read More
Haud the bus! Union Street pedestrianisation urged by Aberdeen planners on the eve of bus return to Granite Mile
City planners have urged new backing for full pedestrianisation of Union Street - on the eve of the long-awaited return of buses to the Granite Mile. → Read More
News of potential Aberdeen City Council coalition could break today
News on the future leadership of Aberdeen City Council could break later today - after a whirlwind of talks yesterday. The SNP added a seat to their tally → Read More
Clash over estimated cost of Aberdeen Labour’s free bus pledge has officials going round and round
Officials are at odds over how many millions Labour's election promise to make bus travel free will cost Aberdeen council. The party has pledged to wipe → Read More
WATCH: Drone footage shows Union Terrace Gardens as ‘soft opening’ plans abandoned
New drone footage has shown the scale of work to be done in Union Terrace Gardens - the day hopes of a 'soft opening' were dashed. → Read More
Union Terrace Gardens: Mystery remains on eve of UTG ‘soft reopening’
Union Terrace Gardens will reopen - in some form - tomorrow. The "soft reopening" of the city park has been pencilled into the council's diary for April → Read More
Aberdeen Council lawyers to be called into action on controversial high rise A-listing
The city of Aberdeen could yet take the Scottish Government's heritage body to court in the fight to stop the listing of five high rises. Council leader → Read More
Aberdeen Council lawyers to be called into action on controversial high rise A-listing
The city of Aberdeen could yet take the Scottish Government's heritage body to court in the fight to stop the listing of five high rises. Council leader → Read More
Restoration of iconic Tarlair pool boosted by near £1.5m grant
Work to bring life back to Tarlair pool and pavilion, once the 'Mecca of the Moray Firth', has been backed with nearly £1.5m. → Read More