Aberdeen City news

• Aberdeen fan arrested after flare thrown at match in Germany

  21-09-2023 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The flare was thrown as the team played Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa Conference League.
  
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• Northern Lights may be seen again tonight

  13-09-2024 15:22 via bbc.com
  
  The lights - also known as aurora borealis - made a dramatic appearance in the night sky over parts of Scotland.
  
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• Hundreds attend event designed to help parents prepare for university transition

  13-09-2024 12:40 via abdn.ac.uk
  A special event for parents and carers of young people planning to go to university next year saw over 200 people gather on campus in Old Aberdeen last night to find out more.
  
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• Care staff made potentially serious medicine errors

  13-09-2024 11:53 via bbc.com
  
  The Care Inspectorate has told a care at home service in Aberdeen to make immediate improvements.
  
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• Extra £1.1m for doubled swimming pool costs

  12-09-2024 16:35 via bbc.com
  
  Bucksburn Swimming Pool in Aberdeen closed but the council later overturned its decision.
  
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• School uniform guidance says blazers should not be compulsory

  12-09-2024 15:17 via bbc.com
  
  Scottish government guidance encourages schools to consider affordability and sustainability in uniform policies.
  
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• Wreck near planned wind farm site may be WW1 ship

  12-09-2024 14:42 via bbc.com
  
  It is thought the wreck off the Aberdeenshire coast could be a merchant vessel torpedoed in 1917.
  
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• Review ordered into handling of complaints against teachers

  12-09-2024 13:51 via bbc.com
  
  The General Teaching Council for Scotland has a growing backlog of cases, with one lasting nearly eight years.
  
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• Head in the clouds: Scotland's mountains in pictures

  12-09-2024 13:46 via bbc.com
  
  Climbers and walkers made the most of some recent fine weather to get into the hills.
  
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• School uniform study author welcomes publication of Scotland's first national school uniform guidanc

  12-09-2024 09:14 via abdn.ac.uk
  A University of Aberdeen lecturer who has led influential studies looking at the regulation and cost of school uniforms in Scotland has welcomed today's publication of national guidance on school uniform by the Scottish Government.
  
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• Planned cancer centre promises faster diagnosis

  11-09-2024 14:16 via bbc.com
  
  Charities hope the £2.5m Aberdeen unit can help fight cancers such as prostate, kidney and bladder.
  
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• The value of Scotland's school-college partnerships to be explored in new study

  11-09-2024 09:51 via abdn.ac.uk
  Educational pathways which give young people the opportunity to combine their schoolwork with college classes are the focus of a new study led by researchers at the University of Aberdeen.
  
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• Dead fox found in Orkney which has no known fox population

  10-09-2024 20:27 via bbc.com
  
  The body of the young female animal was discovered in Kirkwall on Tuesday.
  
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• NHS Grampian in 'extremely challenging' position

  10-09-2024 13:35 via bbc.com
  
  The health board warns it needs to reduce spending to tackle the financial situation.
  
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• Man badly injured after disturbance in Aberdeen

  10-09-2024 13:33 via bbc.com
  
  It is understood the 42-year-old was badly injured in the incident in the city's Oldcroft Place.
  
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• Popular research festival back for its 10th year

  10-09-2024 10:41 via abdn.ac.uk
  Ideas about death, Scotland's Prehistoric Geometry and the Orkney and Shetland Cancer Gene are all on the agenda this month as Explorathon is back at the University of Aberdeen for its 10th year.
  
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• BlackRock senior executive will focus on crisis, resilience and growth in prestigious lecture

  10-09-2024 09:38 via abdn.ac.uk
  A senior executive at one of the world's leading investment, advisory and risk management firms will take to the stage next month to deliver the prestigious Watt Hepburn Lecture.
  
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• The pains of plugging budget holes with renewables windfall

  09-09-2024 23:45 via bbc.com
  
  ScotWind is a vital part of balancing the government's budget at a time when just transition plans loom.
  
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• New oil and gas ban threatens jobs, unions warn

  09-09-2024 19:03 via bbc.com
  
  Unite and the GMB say fossil fuels should not be abandoned until workers know how their jobs will be protected.
  
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• Decontamination unit reopens after ventilation failure

  09-09-2024 17:42 via bbc.com
  
  About 200 operations in Aberdeen had to be postponed as a result of the problems.
  
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• 'Aggressive' dog reported to police week before attack

  09-09-2024 15:57 via bbc.com
  
  The dog had reportedly been aggressive towards its owner before attacking a man and woman a week later.
  
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• Aberdeen retains 12th place ranking in Guardian University Guide

  09-09-2024 15:21 via abdn.ac.uk
  The latest Guardian University Guide has reaffirmed that the University of Aberdeen is amongst the top ranked universities in the UK.
  
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• Professor Alex Kemp recognised as 'outstanding social scientist' with Fellowship

  09-09-2024 13:01 via abdn.ac.uk
  The University of Aberdeen's Professor Alex Kemp is one of 45 outstanding social scientists welcomed as new Fellows by the Academy of Social Sciences.
  
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• My skipper husband thought he was indestructible

  09-09-2024 07:12 via bbc.com
  
  Why working in the fishing industry can be bad for workers' health.
  
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• Church service marks two years since death of Queen Elizabeth II

  08-09-2024 18:21 via bbc.com
  
  King Charles and Queen Camilla visited Crathie Kirk on Royal Deeside, where the late Queen was a regular worshipper while in Scotland.
  
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• King and Queen enjoy Braemar Highland Games

  07-09-2024 18:39 via bbc.com
  
  Charles and Camilla were keen spectators at the games on their summer break to Aberdeenshire.
  
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• Your pictures of Scotland: 31 August - 6 September

  07-09-2024 11:11 via bbc.com
  
  A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.
  
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• Apologetic Duk returns to Aberdeen training

  07-09-2024 10:51 via bbc.com
  
  Luis ‘Duk’ Lopes apologises to Aberdeen following his early season absence as he returns to training with the first team.
  
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• Stonehenge Altar Stone not from Orkney

  06-09-2024 16:52 via bbc.com
  
  The findings follow a previous study which said the six-tonne stone came from north-east Scotland.
  
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• Man admits stabbing man to death in violent row over money

  06-09-2024 13:40 via bbc.com
  
  Michael Jenkins, 24, died after being stabbed 13 times with a dagger in June 2023.
  
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