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Most readers not concerned about Aberdeen incinerator, poll finds

Most readers who took part in our poll said they're not worried about the Aberdeen incinerator now that it's officially firing up. On February 27, the → Read More

Poll: Are you concerned about the Aberdeen incinerator?

It's now been a whole week since the Aberdeen incinerator first fired up, sending clouds of steam billowing into the sky. Visible on the Aberdeen skyline → Read More

Aberdeen ebikes: New parking zones and £1 for 7 minutes option

Big changes are rolling out for the Aberdeen ebike hire scheme, including new payment options and parking zones. The Big Issue ebike rental initiative was → Read More

Storm Frank’s impact on nature in Deeside, seven years on

When Storm Frank arrived in Scotland on December 29, 2015, it caused millions of pounds worth of damage and widescale devastation, with severe flooding all across the country. → Read More

POLL: After seven months, has the Haudagain been improved?

It has now been seven months since the official opening of the £50 million Haudagain Improvement Project, but has it helped to cut traffic jams? On May 16 → Read More

Interactive map shows scale of Storm Arwen forest devastation

One year on from Storm Arwen, forestry staff are still working around the clock to reopen north-east forests devastated by its extreme winds. When Arwen → Read More

Exclusive: Aberdeen ebike rental scheme finally rolls out this week

An ebike rental scheme is finally being rolled out across Aberdeen city centre this week, following years of delays. Big Issue eBikes has partnered up → Read More

‘We are dismayed’: Cycling community reacts to Aberdeen transformation plans

Plans to transform Aberdeen city centre and drastically reduce traffic volumes 'have not gone far enough', members of the cycling community have argued. → 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

REVIEW: Metal legends Machine Head sweat out a spectacularly intimate gig at The Lemon Tree

The metalheads of the north-east converged on the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen for a spectacularly intimate, and sweaty, performance from the mighty Machine Head. → Read More

Gallery: Join us on a tour of Brewdog’s ‘Lost Forest’ tree-planting estate in the Highlands

The Aberdeenshire beer giant Brewdog has finally been granted permission to start planting trees as part of its ambitious Lost Forest carbon capture project. → Read More

A ‘total farce, no flow to it at all’: Readers react to £50m Haudagain changes

The £50m project to improve traffic flow at the Haudagain roundabout has divided reader opinion, with some branding it a "total farce" and some saying "we should all be glad". → Read More

A ‘total farce, no flow to it at all’: Readers react to £50m Haudagain changes

The £50m project to improve traffic flow at the Haudagain roundabout has divided reader opinion, with some branding it a "total farce" and some saying "we should all be glad". → Read More

Where each party stands on rail links to Peterhead, Fraserburgh and Ellon

We asked the Tories, SNP, Greens, Labour, Greens, Lib Dems and Alba four key questions on ambitions to get Peterhead, Fraserburgh and Ellon on track. → Read More

Aberdeen's Low Emission Zone due to start by end of next month

Aberdeen's low emission zone where high-polluting vehicles will be banned is expected to start by the end of next month... but no fines will be issued until 2024. → Read More

Portlethen’s pothole plague may soon be over

A contractor has been appointed to repair notorious potholes in Portlethen, Newtonhill and Muchalls after months of misery for residents. Complaints about → Read More

First north-east Green MSP elected in more than a decade

Maggie Chapman has tonight been elected as a north-east regional MSP, making her the first north-east Green to be voted into Holyrood since 2003. → Read More

North-east motoring enthusiast taken to funeral in back of vintage Land Rover

A motoring enthusiast and “true gentleman” who died after a cancer diagnosis had his wish of his coffin being taken to his funeral service by Land Rover fulfilled yesterday thanks to the assistance of the Grampian Transport Museum. → Read More

Ballater Highland Games cancelled for second year in a row

The Ballater Highland Games have been cancelled "with a heavy heart" for a second year in a row as a result of the pandemic. → Read More

New artist’s impression shows transformation of Torry Battery into Greyhope Bay

This will be the view inside the eagerly-anticipated cafe and dolphin viewing centre planned for Torry Battery as part of the Greyhope Bay project. → Read More