Aberdeen City news

• Two face trial charged with robbing and killing man

  08-06-2026 12:52 via bbc.com
  
  Austin Ironside, 25, died in hospital two days after being found injured on a street in Aberdeen.
  
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• Rain fails to dampen spirits as TRNSMT festival becomes World Cup fan zone

  19-06-2026 19:54 via bbc.com
  
  The music festival, which attracts tens of thousands of music fans, will be turned into a massive fan zone for the Scotland match.
  
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• Man jailed for 10 years for child rape and sexual offences

  19-06-2026 17:19 via bbc.com
  
  Jonathan Hopson, 45, was sentenced for crimes he carried out in the Elgin area.
  
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• Historic by-election win sends message to Labour and SNP - Badenoch

  19-06-2026 15:20 via bbc.com
  
  Kemi Badenoch hailed the Scottish Conservatives' first by-election win since 1973, after the party took Aberdeen South from the SNP.
  
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• A vape battery explosion burned the skin off my leg

  19-06-2026 13:37 via bbc.com
  
  Gavin Sutherland was airlifted from Orkney to Aberdeen for specialist treatment, including a skin graft.
  
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• Tories pick themselves up off the floor with unexpected Scottish by-election win

  19-06-2026 12:57 via bbc.com
  
  The Conservatives secured a comfortable victory over the SNP in Aberdeen South after throwing everything at the seat.
  
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• Scottish Conservatives win first Westminster by-election in more than 50 years

  19-06-2026 11:07 via bbc.com
  
  The Tories take Aberdeen South, while the SNP wins in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry.
  
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• University supports Heat Network Scotland as a Founding Member

  19-06-2026 10:26 via abdn.ac.uk
  
  Professor Tavis Potts from the School of Geosciences and the Just Transition Lab attended the launch of Heat Network Scotland at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute.
  
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• Scottish Premiership fixtures - find out your club's schedule

  18-06-2026 13:02 via bbc.com
  
  Find out your team's schedule for this season's Scottish Premiership pre-split campaign.
  
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• Highland Council to object to Beauly-Peterhead power line

  18-06-2026 09:47 via bbc.com
  
  About 34 miles of SSEN Transmission's 115-mile line would pass through the Highland Council area.
  
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• Voters in Scotland head to the polls for Westminster by-elections

  18-06-2026 00:02 via bbc.com
  
  Residents in Aberdeen South and Arbroath and Broughty Ferry are choosing new members of parliament.
  
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• Eight charged after police recover more than £1.3m of cannabis

  17-06-2026 21:24 via bbc.com
  
  Officers targeted 11 addresses across Aberdeen on Monday and Tuesday and discovered eight cannabis cultivations.
  
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• Aberdeen airport security staff back strike action in pay row

  17-06-2026 21:16 via bbc.com
  
  Unite says ICTS HBS security members had unanimously backed action.
  
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• Man jailed for role in 'county lines' drug operation

  17-06-2026 13:10 via bbc.com
  
  Victor Kihu, 24, sentenced to more than six years for recruiting people to supply Class A drugs.
  
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• Aberdeen beach reopens after 'unexploded device' fears

  17-06-2026 10:01 via bbc.com
  
  Police had been advising people to avoid part of the beach after the discovery was made.
  
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• 'We travel 530 miles so our son can have a haircut'

  17-06-2026 08:13 via bbc.com
  
  How a very special hairdressing salon in Lowestoft is cutting it when it comes to neurodivergence.
  
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• Seized oil tanker reappears with new identity after leaving Scottish waters

  16-06-2026 19:24 via bbc.com
  
  The Marinera was seized on 7 January in a US Coastguard and Navy operation in the North Atlantic.
  
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• Researchers warn of climate change 'roulette' for European nitrate pollution

  16-06-2026 17:35 via abdn.ac.uk
  
  Climate change could significantly increase nitrogen pollution risks in freshwater systems across parts of Europe unless nutrient management practices adapt to changing environmental conditions, new research has found.
  
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• Stag-do drag to World Cup - the rise of Scotland's other national anthem

  16-06-2026 13:19 via bbc.com
  
  From stag-do drag to Fenway Park, how did a 1970s disco hit become the soundtrack of the Tartan Army?
  
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• Neanderthals may have turned rhinoceros teeth into tools, researchers find

  16-06-2026 13:01 via abdn.ac.uk
  
  Researchers led by the University of Aberdeen and the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (France) have found new evidence that Neanderthals may have used rhinoceros teeth as tools, opening an unexpected new chapter in our understanding of prehistoric technology and resource use.
  
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• Monarch of the Glen 'sister painting' could fetch £4m at auction

  16-06-2026 07:04 via bbc.com
  
  Scene in Braemar, which will go under the hammer next month, last appeared at auction in 1994 when it was sold for £793,500.
  
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• Scotland fans call for better crowd system at next World Cup match

  16-06-2026 00:00 via bbc.com
  
  Some Tartan Army members faced very long queues to get into Boston Stadium ahead of the country's World Cup opener.
  
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• Private school co-founded by Tilda Swinton to close

  15-06-2026 13:33 via bbc.com
  
  Drumduan School, near Forres in Moray, focused on more alternative, practical learning for 40 years.
  
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• Man, 61, dies after falling from cliffs in Aberdeenshire

  15-06-2026 11:06 via bbc.com
  
  The incident happened at the Bullers of Buchan beauty spot, between Cruden Bay and Peterhead.
  
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• I was a soldier in Ukraine - now I teach to shape our future

  15-06-2026 07:31 via bbc.com
  
  Aberdeen-based scientist Sergiy Sylantyev is returning to Ukraine in a scheme putting education at the heart of the war.
  
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• Jubilation as Scotland fans celebrate first World Cup win in 36 years

  14-06-2026 10:10 via bbc.com
  
  Supporters gathered in bars and venues across the country in the early hours to watch the match against Haiti.
  
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• 'It's all they're talking about': Scotland gripped by World Cup fever

  13-06-2026 09:04 via bbc.com
  
  Excitement is building ahead of Scotland's first game in the men's World Cup for 28 years.
  
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• Sport Aberdeen boss dismissed after failing to accept demotion

  12-06-2026 20:29 via bbc.com
  
  Keith Heslop was formally dismissed last month but the charity did not reveal why.
  
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• Church to sell off landmark Aberdeen building after flooding

  12-06-2026 18:16 via bbc.com
  
  The Salvation Army says the B-listed Aberdeen Citadel no longer serves its needs in the city.
  
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• Fan favourite Tosh to leave Shetland TV show after 13 years

  12-06-2026 13:40 via bbc.com
  
  Alison O'Donnell, one of the original cast, says she wanted to explore other acting opportunities.
  
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