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• University of Aberdeen researcher awarded NATO Energy Security Fellowship

  20-01-2026 11:05 via abdn.ac.uk
  A University of Aberdeen researcher has been awarded a prestigious fellowship by the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence (ENSEC COE).
  
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• Vaccine trial review finds that future vaccine trials must include care home residents

  20-01-2026 01:12 via abdn.ac.uk
  The first review of vaccine trials conducted in care homes concludes that it is 'crucial' that future vaccine trials include care homes residents.
  
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• Government challenged over renewable energy planning bids

  18-01-2026 12:00 via bbc.com
  Rural community councils claim the countryside is being "industrialised" by renewable energy projects.
  
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• 'Why not look into new things?' - Pfannenstiel on Aberdeen dugout noise

  18-01-2026 09:27 via bbc.com
  Aberdeen sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel says Scottish football should "not just think about how it was in the past", after being "a bit surprised" by reaction to him joining interim manager Peter Leven in the dugout.
  
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• Seized tanker moored in Scottish waters will be taken to the US

  16-01-2026 23:21 via bbc.com
  The US has accused the Marinera of breaking its sanctions by carrying oil for Venezuela, Russia and Iran.
  
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• New strike ballot to be held in teachers dispute

  16-01-2026 19:38 via bbc.com
  A ballot which closed on Wednesday failed to give the EIS union a legal mandate to go on strike because the turnout was too low.
  
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• Court throws out £50m claim over failed bottle return scheme

  16-01-2026 16:21 via bbc.com
  Waste firm Biffa claimed it invested heavily after being given assurances about the recycling scheme only to see it collapse a year later.
  
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• Fire which led to flats evacuation treated as deliberate

  16-01-2026 16:10 via bbc.com
  Emergency services were called Aberdeen's Powis Crescent on Thursday evening.
  
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• Police investigating after 11 sheep found dead

  16-01-2026 12:09 via bbc.com
  Officers say it was a "possible incident of sheep worrying" after an "attack by an unknown animal".
  
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• Aberdeen manager shortlist 'in a few more days'

  15-01-2026 18:11 via bbc.com
  Aberdeen will be closer to a managerial shortlist "in a few more days", says sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel.
  
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• Teaching union set to reveal strike ballot results

  15-01-2026 16:20 via bbc.com
  National strike action by the EIS union over teachers' workloads could potentially close almost every school in Scotland.
  
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• Man who fell overboard from fishing boat dies

  15-01-2026 14:38 via bbc.com
  HM Coastguard and the RNLI say they battled severe weather to try to help two casualties from the Banff-registered boat near Blyth.
  
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• Anglo-Scottish sleeper trains set to call at city

  15-01-2026 13:59 via bbc.com
  Caledonian Sleeper says the move is the most significant change to its service in more than 30 years.
  
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• Swinney to consider buffer zones around asylum hotels

  15-01-2026 13:51 via bbc.com
  The first minister says people have a right to protest but it is unacceptable when it becomes "threatening".
  
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• Safety recommendations after deckhand's death

  15-01-2026 13:37 via bbc.com
  The Peterhead-registered Honeybourne III was south of Newhaven when the incident happened in 2023.
  
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• University celebrates 130 years of psychology with packed events programme

  15-01-2026 10:27 via abdn.ac.uk
  The University of Aberdeen's School of Psychology celebrates its 130th anniversary this year, kicking off the milestone with a Traitors-themed event later this month.
  
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• Finance secretary corrects Budget after missing out A96 plans

  14-01-2026 19:24 via bbc.com
  Fergus Ewing said a commitment to dual the entire route was missing from a key Budget document.
  
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• TGI Fridays closes 16 UK stores, with 456 job losses

  14-01-2026 15:57 via bbc.com
  The UK restaurant chain's remaining 33 restaurants will stay open after a rescue deal was reached.
  
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• Two dolphins die after stranding on Orkney beach

  14-01-2026 13:35 via bbc.com
  Six common dolphins including two calves became stranded in the Bay of Tuquoy off Westray on Tuesday.
  
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• Teenager seriously injured in electric motorbike crash

  14-01-2026 10:38 via bbc.com
  Emergency services were called to Aberdeen's Tillydrone Road on Tuesday evening.
  
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• Oil tanker seized by US spotted in Scotland's Moray Firth

  13-01-2026 19:07 via bbc.com
  The UK government said the Marinera was being supplied with food and water before continuing its journey.
  
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• Funding for A9 dualling and update on A96 project in Scottish Budget

  13-01-2026 18:47 via bbc.com
  Finance Secretary Shona Robison says the Scottish government is committed to finishing Inverness-Perth dualling.
  
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• Woman found fatally injured was 'loving, patient and caring'

  13-01-2026 16:41 via bbc.com
  Samantha Lee, 54, is named by police as the woman who died in Aberdeen earlier this month.
  
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• University of Aberdeen's campus in India to open in summer after official signing

  13-01-2026 16:25 via abdn.ac.uk
  The University of Aberdeen has made an admissions call to all aspiring students in India to its new branch campus in Mumbai after Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Edwards signed a Joint Venture agreement with a leading India-based education provider in the country on Tuesday 13 January.
  
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• Europe's largest skate recovers in Scottish waters

  13-01-2026 16:04 via bbc.com
  Research by Heriot-Watt University suggests that flapper skate numbers are on the increase.
  
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• Ice warning issued for most of mainland Scotland

  13-01-2026 13:22 via bbc.com
  The Met Office yellow warning follows more than a week of weather alerts covering snow, ice and rain.
  
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• Blood supplies run low after wintry weather hits donations

  13-01-2026 11:49 via bbc.com
  Blood donation centres were quiet during the cold spell and six of the eight major blood types are needed now.
  
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• Driver 'haunted' by RAF man's death gets unpaid work

  12-01-2026 17:49 via bbc.com
  David Thorne, who was based at RAF Lossiemouth, was fatally injured while riding his motorbike on the A96 at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, in 2024.
  
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• Flood warnings issued as heavy rain forces road closures

  12-01-2026 15:49 via bbc.com
  The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued 19flood warnings and 12 flood alerts around the country.
  
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• Man jailed for throwing seat that injured Aberdeen player

  12-01-2026 14:38 via bbc.com
  David Gowan's actions resulted in a deep laceration to Jack MacKenzie's left eye and an abrasion to his face.
  
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• Inquiry into tortured man's flat fall death is delayed

  12-01-2026 12:57 via bbc.com
  Jamie Forbes was held against his will in Aberdeen before plunging to his death.
  
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• Weather risk brings flooding as snow warnings downgraded

  11-01-2026 15:19 via bbc.com
  Many roads in North East Scotland have been hit by floodwater after last week's freezing temperatures eased.
  
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• Scottish ski centres celebrate bumper snowfall

  10-01-2026 10:21 via bbc.com
  The weather has brought major disruption, but snow sports venues say they have been "blessed" with perfect weekend conditions.
  
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• We've battled through Scotland's snow every single day of 2026

  10-01-2026 10:20 via bbc.com
  BBC Scotland News reporter Ken Banks takes a look back at what life has been like in Aberdeen's snow.
  
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• Man guilty of trying to rape Aberdeenshire woman on flight

  09-01-2026 18:04 via bbc.com
  The 45-year-old, from Italy, moved seats to sit beside the woman during the night-time journey to Edinburgh.
  
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• Man charged over spate of Orkney break-ins

  09-01-2026 17:58 via bbc.com
  A jewellery shop, distillery, primary school, garden centre and council offices were hit during snowy weather.
  
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• Too cool for school: The boy who swapped the classroom for a gritter

  09-01-2026 17:35 via bbc.com
  Aberdeenshire teenager Jamie Monaghan has been working day and night on his dad's gritter lorry during Scotland's big freeze.
  
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• Aberdeen issued with suspended penalties over pyro use

  09-01-2026 17:21 via bbc.com
  Rangers and Motherwell have their away allocations cut by 50 tickets for one match for repeated breaches of SPFL rules regarding pyrotechnics, while Aberdeen and Hibs are issued with suspended penalties.
  
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• Your pictures of Scotland: 2 January - 9 January

  09-01-2026 14:14 via bbc.com
  A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.
  
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• Rare spate of Orkney break-ins likely to be linked say police

  08-01-2026 19:53 via bbc.com
  A jewellery shop, distillery, primary school, garden centre and council offices were hit during snowy weather.
  
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• New yellow weather warning for snow and ice

  08-01-2026 18:47 via bbc.com
  While conditions have improved a warning has been issued for snow and ice from Thursday night into Friday morning.
  
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• Musgrave aims to make fifth Winter Olympics his best

  08-01-2026 17:20 via bbc.com
  As Scottish cross-country skier Andrew Musgrave prepares for a fifth Winter Olympics, he regrets not having performed to his potential at previous Games and aims to put that right in Italy next month.
  
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• High hay prices 'leaving horses malnourished'

  08-01-2026 07:11 via bbc.com
  One horse rescue charity says it received an "unprecedented" number of calls to help animals.
  
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• Plane passenger accused of trying to rape Aberdeenshire woman

  07-01-2026 19:29 via bbc.com
  A 45-year-old man stands trial, accused of sexually assaulting a woman on a plane flying from Naples to Scotland.
  
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• Capybaras 'stolen' from farm in Moray

  07-01-2026 17:31 via bbc.com
  The owners say they are in contact with the police about the "incredibly distressing" incident.
  
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• What is Pfannenstiel's next move in Aberdeen rebuild?

  07-01-2026 11:26 via bbc.com
  Lutz Pfannenstiel is already making his presence felt at Aberdeen and now faces the task of appointing a new manager.
  
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• STV journalists strike over plans to cut news show

  07-01-2026 00:01 via bbc.com
  The dispute is over compulsory redundancies and the end of a separate news service for the north of Scotland.
  
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• Schools remain closed as ice warnings issued

  06-01-2026 23:56 via bbc.com
  Warnings for snow and ice will continue in the north on Wednesday, with ice alerts for most of Scotland.
  
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• A heated igloo and snow rollers: Scotland makes the most of cold snap

  06-01-2026 18:41 via bbc.com
  An Orkney stonemason has turned "snow mason" to build an impressive igloo with a working fireplace.
  
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• Man in court on murder charge after woman's death

  06-01-2026 17:13 via bbc.com
  Police were called out to a property in the city's Bedford Road on Sunday evening.
  
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