Aberdeen City news

• Second trimester pregnancy and baby loss linked to higher risks in future pregnancies

  26-02-2026 12:16 via abdn.ac.uk
  Women who experience a pregnancy loss in their second trimester are at increased risk of complications during future pregnancies, according to new research from the University of Aberdeen.
  
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• Shetland Council staff will not get World Cup holiday

  25-02-2026 14:50 via bbc.com
  Councillors decided not to grant it, as it would cost about £140,000 in extra pay and disrupt services.
  
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• Council convener banned as company director over unpaid tax

  25-02-2026 13:23 via bbc.com
  Shetland councillor Andrea Manson was a co-director of a pub firm.
  
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• Horses and deaf dog saved as fire ripped through Orkney barn

  25-02-2026 12:56 via bbc.com
  Sarah Reid managed to get all her animals to safety with help from a worker and firefighters.
  
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• Ross apologises after refusing to leave Holyrood chamber

  25-02-2026 12:51 via bbc.com
  The presiding officer called in security in a bid to remove the Tory MSP after he questioned her impartiality.
  
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• Moray Council votes in favour of 10% tax rise

  25-02-2026 12:04 via bbc.com
  Council tax payers face the double-digit increase after the local authority agreed its budget.
  
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• Aberdeen University strike dates announced in row over cuts

  25-02-2026 11:09 via bbc.com
  The university says it is "disappointing" that industrial action has been scheduled for four days in March.
  
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• Scotland's plan to install heat pumps 'too slow' - climate advisers

  25-02-2026 07:29 via bbc.com
  Independent climate change advisors say the Scottish government needs to ramp up the rollout of heat pumps immediately.
  
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• Up to 600 new homes proposed by Moray firm

  25-02-2026 07:19 via bbc.com
  Elgin-based Springfield Properties could develop land in the village's Ardersier Mains.
  
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• Will walk-in GP clinics deliver one million extra appointments?

  25-02-2026 07:18 via bbc.com
  The first of 16 new walk-in clinics across Scotland is now open but it is not clear when a target of them delivering one million appointments will be hit.
  
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• CalMac may extend £1m a month lease of catamaran after almost three years

  24-02-2026 18:54 via bbc.com
  The two other ferries which normally serve the Arran route have been undergoing maintenance.
  
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• NHS Grampian confirms first case of measles since 2014

  24-02-2026 12:26 via bbc.com
  The health board says everyone should ensure they are vaccinated after confirming its first recorded case in more than a decade.
  
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• What happened to Arlene? The 30-year mystery of a murder without a body

  24-02-2026 07:16 via bbc.com
  Arlene Fraser's husband Nat is serving life for murder - but her family is still seeking answers about what happened to her body.
  
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• 'Ukraine will always be home - but Scotland is now home too'

  24-02-2026 07:16 via bbc.com
  After moving because of the war, Ukrainian students describe how Scotland became their second home.
  
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• Influential Polish filmmaker Wojciech Smarzowski to visit the University

  23-02-2026 18:48 via abdn.ac.uk
  Celebrated Polish filmmaker, Wojciech Smarzowski, is coming to the University of Aberdeen to present a special screening of his film Home Sweet Home, one of Poland's most watched and controversial films of 2025.
  
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• Your pictures of Scotland: 13 - 20 February

  23-02-2026 07:49 via bbc.com
  A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.
  
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• University research shapes findings of landmark Just Transition report

  20-02-2026 13:01 via abdn.ac.uk
  The work of the University of Aberdeen's Just Transition Lab has been formally recognised in the Just Transition Commission's final report.
  
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• 'Best ski season in years' on Scotland's snowy hills

  20-02-2026 11:27 via bbc.com
  Some of Scotland's mountain resorts say it has been the best winter snowsports season in six years.
  
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• New astronomy facility approved for Cruickshank Botanic Garden

  20-02-2026 10:14 via abdn.ac.uk
  Planning permission has been approved for a new Astronomy Facility at the University of Aberdeen, to be built within the grounds of Cruickshank Botanic Garden.
  
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• Dog walkers discovered 2,000-year-old beach footprints

  20-02-2026 06:59 via bbc.com
  The imprints were uncovered by storms at Lunan Bay - and later wiped away by the wind and the rain.
  
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• Double-digit council tax rises proposed for second year in a row

  19-02-2026 14:59 via bbc.com
  Aberdeenshire and Moray councils are both considering 10% council tax increases.
  
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• 'Majority' of rocket firm's staff made redundant

  19-02-2026 13:22 via bbc.com
  Joint administrators have also been appointed to find a buyer for Moray-based Orbex.
  
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• Aberdeenshire and Moray set for 10% council tax rises

  19-02-2026 11:49 via bbc.com
  The local authorities in Aberdeenshire and Moray will meet next week to discuss the proposals.
  
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• Storms reveal rare 2,000-year-old footprints on Scottish beach

  19-02-2026 10:34 via abdn.ac.uk
  Storms which recently ravaged Britain's coastline have revealed 2,000-year-old footprints on an Angus beach - one of only a handful of locations in the UK where markings of this kind have ever been discovered
  
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• STV could face further strikes as unions to ballot over pay freeze

  18-02-2026 18:21 via bbc.com
  The row over a planned pay freeze comes amid a separate dispute over changes to news programmes which led to a journalists' strike in January.
  
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• Window safety to be further probed ahead of torture fall inquiry

  18-02-2026 13:15 via bbc.com
  Jamie Forbes was held against his will in Aberdeen before plunging to his death.
  
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• Students shine in GameJam 2026

  18-02-2026 11:40 via abdn.ac.uk
  The second annual University of Aberdeen GameJam 2026 was a success with 13 student teams taking part
  
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• More than 100 jobs at risk at Aberdeenshire butcher

  18-02-2026 11:24 via bbc.com
  Donald Russell, an online butcher in Inverurie, says it has faced "mounting challenges".
  
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• 'It's overwhelming': Plastic from 1960s Canada washes up on Orkney beach

  18-02-2026 07:24 via bbc.com
  One litter picker says he has seen a huge increase in the amount of plastic washing up on Sanday this year.
  
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• I invested £12,000 in Brewdog - I think I've lost it all

  18-02-2026 07:24 via bbc.com
  More than 200,000 people bought Equity for Punks shares in the craft brewer but many now believe they are worthless.
  
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• Puffin aged 34 dies after being washed up in stormy weather

  17-02-2026 18:26 via bbc.com
  Staff at an Aberdeenshire rescue centre were able to trace its history thanks to a ring on its foot.
  
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• 'No guarantee' bus driver's killer will have free pass removed

  17-02-2026 14:22 via bbc.com
  MSPs are demanding assurances Keith Rollinson's attacker will not get concessionary travel upon his release.
  
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• Council tax rise of 7.3% proposed for Shetland

  17-02-2026 13:52 via bbc.com
  The suggested increase would see a Band D household pay an extra £1.95 per week.
  
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• Cold health alert issued as temperatures fall across the UK

  17-02-2026 13:06 via bbc.com
  Yellow weather warnings will also come into force on Wednesday across parts of England and much of Wales.
  
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• Diverting waste to landfill site cost more than £370,000

  17-02-2026 10:58 via bbc.com
  The facility - used by Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray councils - was shut down in June last year.
  
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• Free tuition under threat without revenue boost, report warns

  17-02-2026 07:42 via bbc.com
  Scotland's more generous benefits and public policies may have to be reconsidered, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
  
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• Muir fourth in big air in another medal near-miss

  16-02-2026 23:00 via bbc.com
  Freestyle skier Kirsty Muir once again comes heartbreakingly close to a Winter Olympic medal for Team GB with her second fourth-place finish of the Games.
  
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• Ice and snow warnings as another blast of Arctic air sweeps across the UK

  16-02-2026 17:37 via bbc.com
  More than 70 flood warnings have also been issued by the Environment Agency after heavy rain.
  
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• Estimated cost of delayed hospital project rises by £15m

  16-02-2026 17:32 via bbc.com
  The Baird Family Hospital and Anchor Cancer Centre in Aberdeen were due to cost £134m and open in 2020.
  
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• Islands Forum scrapped after meeting just four times

  16-02-2026 12:43 via bbc.com
  The forum was set up in 2022 to help island local authorities to find solutions to common issues.
  
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• Rapping drug user jailed for killing man who said 'quieten down'

  16-02-2026 11:55 via bbc.com
  Martin Forgie was attacked after asking Steven Leask to lower the volume of his rapping during a visit to Forgie's home.
  
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• Brewdog staff 'upset and concerned' by sale plans

  16-02-2026 11:32 via bbc.com
  Unite said workers had been left in the dark over their futures after the craft beer firm announced plans to explore new investment.
  
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• University of Aberdeen leads world-first brain health study with MRI-pioneer among first volunteers

  16-02-2026 10:02 via abdn.ac.uk
  A former colleague of Professor John Mallard, the pioneer of the MRI scanner which was invented and build at the University of Aberdeen in the 1980's and first demonstrated with patients from NHS Grampian, was one of the first volunteers to experience Aberdeen's newest imaging technology, Field-Cycling Imaging (FCI), first hand.
  
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• How to get the best view of the Northern Lights in 2026

  15-02-2026 01:22 via bbc.com
  Experts say 2026 will be a peak year for aurora spotting as the Sun reaches the maximum of its cycle.
  
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• Scottish craft beer brand Brewdog put up for sale

  14-02-2026 13:08 via bbc.com
  Consultants Alix Partners have been brought in to oversee the sales process which could lead to the businesses being broken up.
  
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• Rock musician to fund Alex Salmond case against Scottish government

  13-02-2026 18:32 via bbc.com
  Paul McManus, drummer with Scottish band Gun, has taken on the legal action from Salmond's family.
  
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• Permission sought for removal of damaged Spey viaduct

  13-02-2026 14:43 via bbc.com
  Part of the former rail bridge collapsed into the river in December.
  
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• Docherty to assist as Aberdeen prepare for summer appointment

  13-02-2026 14:25 via bbc.com
  Former assistant manager Tony Docherty rejoins Aberdeen to strengthen Peter Leven's interim management team until the summer as the Scottish Premiership club prepare to wait until then for a new head coach.
  
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• Sensors installed across Aberdeen in bid to unlock geothermal energy

  13-02-2026 09:30 via abdn.ac.uk
  Researchers exploring Aberdeen's potential for geothermal heating have begun deploying a city-wide network of seismic nodes that will be used to create a 3D subsurface map.
  
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• Sensors explore Aberdeen's geothermal energy potential

  13-02-2026 07:37 via bbc.com
  The data will be used to build a 3D map of granite lying deep beneath the city.
  
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