Aberdeen City news

• Scots teenager lands butterfly youth champion role

  11-11-2024 12:36 via bbc.com
  
  Harris McCutcheon, 17, is representing Scotland on a new Butterfly Conservation panel.
  
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• Study of Scotland's last plague reveals humanity in face of 'black death'

  15-11-2024 10:12 via abdn.ac.uk
  A new study led by the University of Aberdeen has provided greater understanding of Scotland's final deadly brush with the plague.
  
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• Gray 'sorry' after chauffeur trips to football

  14-11-2024 17:04 via bbc.com
  
  The health secretary, who supports Aberdeen, says he should have gone to a "wider range" of matches.
  
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• Faster flowing glaciers could help predict nearby volcanic activity

  14-11-2024 15:57 via abdn.ac.uk
  Glaciers that are within three miles of a volcano move nearly 50% quicker than average, a new study has found which could help create early warning of future eruptions.
  
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• 'Hospital robot helps me feel like a mum again'

  14-11-2024 15:35 via bbc.com
  
  A mother whose son has spent the last 16 months in hospital praises a medicine dispenser trial.
  
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• National Care Service plan 'delayed not scrapped'

  14-11-2024 15:00 via bbc.com
  
  The flagship scheme would transfer responsibility for social care from Scottish councils to a new national body.
  
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• Performance on Scotland's oldest cello will deliver the right note following restoration

  14-11-2024 10:06 via abdn.ac.uk
  The oldest surviving Scottish cello, which once belonged to a fierce opponent of the slave trade, will be brought back to life in a special performance at the University of Aberdeen.
  
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• Government admits new oil field approved unlawfully

  13-11-2024 23:24 via bbc.com
  
  Climate campaigners are bringing a legal case they hope will halt drilling at two huge fossil fuel projects.
  
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• Northsound, MFR and Tay FM breakfast shows to end

  13-11-2024 21:48 via bbc.com
  
  Bauer Media Group says they will be replaced by Edinburgh-based Boogie in the Morning from January.
  
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• SNP yet to make decision on two-job MPs - Swinney

  13-11-2024 17:46 via bbc.com
  
  The first minister was speaking after SNP MPs put their names forward to stand at the 2026 Holyrood election.
  
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• Aberdeen and Glasgow airports sold in £1.53bn deal

  13-11-2024 17:29 via bbc.com
  
  AviAlliance - which is owned by a Canadian pension investor - has agreed to purchase AGS Airports.
  
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• Queen Victoria's Scottish picnic cottage restored

  13-11-2024 14:20 via bbc.com
  
  The cottage, located on Mar Lodge Estate near Braemar, was visited by the queen on her trips to Balmoral.
  
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• Post Office could close 115 branches with jobs at risk

  13-11-2024 14:14 via bbc.com
  
  Hundreds of head office workers are facing cuts and loss-making branches are under threat of closure.
  
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• Aberdeen medics to be welcomed in Singapore

  13-11-2024 11:44 via abdn.ac.uk
  Medical degrees gained at the University of Aberdeen are to be recognised by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC).
  
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• Families protest over Raac homes worth 'peanuts'

  13-11-2024 07:49 via bbc.com
  
  Aberdeen student Hannah Chowdhry is calling for better support for families in a petition to Holyrood.
  
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• Flynn aims to stand for SNP at Holyrood election

  12-11-2024 19:29 via bbc.com
  
  The MP is aiming to hold seats at both the UK and Scottish parliaments, sparking criticism from colleagues.
  
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• Legal challenge to Rosebank oil field begins

  12-11-2024 17:49 via bbc.com
  
  Campaigners want to stop the Rosebank oil and Jackdaw gas fields, but oil companies say they are vital.
  
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• Minister to make statement on football chauffeur row

  12-11-2024 17:34 via bbc.com
  
  The Dons fan used a ministerial car to watch Aberdeen play at Hampden three times in six months.
  
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• Land-use policy rethink vital to hit net zero

  12-11-2024 16:25 via abdn.ac.uk
  A fundamental shift in land-use subsidies would give taxpayers better value for money and improve the UK's chances of meeting its environmental targets.
  
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• Bus gate fines to fund free late-night city buses

  12-11-2024 16:22 via bbc.com
  
  Bus gate fines are funding the new weekend Aberdeen services to run from Saturday until 5 January.
  
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• Composer Errollyn Wallen on her life as a 'musical explorer'

  12-11-2024 07:27 via bbc.com
  
  Composer Errollyn Wallen talks about how her career as a composer has taken her around the world but always brings her back to Scotland.
  
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• Minister 'doing job' using chauffeur at football

  11-11-2024 18:01 via bbc.com
  
  Neil Gray has been criticised after he used the government car service to go to four Aberdeen games.
  
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• Salmond memorial to be held on St Andrew's Day

  11-11-2024 16:46 via bbc.com
  
  The former first minister died suddenly last month after having a heart attack in North Macedonia.
  
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• Ice hockey player detained for raping teenager

  11-11-2024 16:28 via bbc.com
  
  A Dundee ice hockey player who raped a teenage girl in his car is detained for four-and-a-half years.
  
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• Woman, 27, dies after crash with lorry in Moray

  11-11-2024 15:18 via bbc.com
  
  The woman's car was involved in the collision with the lorry on the A96 west of Forres.
  
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• Scotland remembers the fallen on Armistice Day

  11-11-2024 14:49 via bbc.com
  
  Scotland fell silent at 11:00 to commemorate those who died in conflicts around the world.
  
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• Scotland falls silent to remember the war dead

  10-11-2024 15:19 via bbc.com
  
  Ceremonies honouring those who have died in conflicts around the world have taken place across Scotland.
  
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• Island gets broadband via water pipes in UK first

  09-11-2024 01:08 via bbc.com
  
  Cables have been laid within existing water pipes, using the community-owned water system.
  
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• Council pension settlement secured from Under Armour

  08-11-2024 19:57 via bbc.com
  
  The North East Scotland Pension Fund had invested millions of pounds in Under Armour stock.
  
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• Shipwreck confirmed as lost WW1 warship

  08-11-2024 18:13 via bbc.com
  
  The wreck of HMS Hawke was discovered by a team of divers about 70 miles east of Fraserburgh earlier this year.
  
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