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Aberdeen Rapid Transit bus unveiled as public invited to view future mass transit vehicles

The vehicle, which has been loaned to Nestrans from Irizar e-mobility, has been branded in ART project colours and will visit locations across the region over the next eight days.

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Aberdeenshire dad goes the extra 150 miles in cycling challenge for charity who supported his twins

Craig Allinson is taking part in the 2026 bp Coast 2 Coast cycle from Ullapool to Aberdeen to raise money to support other parents after his twins were born 10 weeks prematurely.

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Aberdeen schoolgirl who attacked 12-year-old with knife referred to children's reporter

The incident occurred at the city's Hazlehead Academy, leaving a 12-year-old in Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital with serious injuries.

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Aberdeen announce 'record-breaking' Macron partnership after 15 years with Adidas

The new multi-year agreement has marked a significant commercial milestone for the club and will see Macron become the Dons' official kit supplier from the start of the new season.

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'Sir Alex Ferguson's ambition convinced me to sign for Aberdeen - but it was bonkers'

The former striker left Newcastle in the late 1970s for the Granite City where he would go on to win two European trophies, two league titles and three Scottish Cups.

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Coastal communities at risk of effects of repeating cycles of inequality in marine energy transition

While the clean energy transition offers major opportunities, a new report from University of Aberdeen researchers warns that current governance arrangements may leave coastal communities bearing the cost of energy transition while seeing limited long-term benefits....

Aberdeen Live - frontpage

New research shows projected offshore wind could cover 11% of North Sea by 2050

Analysis shows that current political commitments imply a total of around 19,400 offshore wind turbines across the North Sea by 2050, including those already built.

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Banchory drivers facing weeks of disruption as heavy rain forces emergency road closure

Subsidence has left the busy route blocked, with Aberdeenshire Council announcing that an emergency closure of the road for the next three weeks had been put in place.

Aberdeen Live - frontpage

Inverurie residents set to benefit from new town centre CCTV as project moves forward

The rollout of CCTV follows sustained demand from local businesses and residents, with safety and public reassurance consistently raised as a priority concern.

Aberdeen Live - frontpage

BP explores £2billion offshore assets sale as windfall tax faces fresh scrutiny

The latest developments follow a few dramatic months for BP, with its chairman ousted over bullying allegations and profits soaring amid the conflict in the Middle East.

Aberdeen Live - frontpage

Stonehenge altar stone may have travelled from north-east Scotland via glacier

The six-tonne, sandstone monolith is believed to have originated in the Orcadian Basin in northern Scotland – but the mystery of how it reached Salisbury Plain, about 435 miles away, has remained unsolved.

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Man due in court after empty Aberdeen M&S store vandalised with white paint

The doors to what was previously the city's flagship M&S were vandalised, with an image showing the scale of the damage to the empty department store's entrance.

Communications - Latest News

Scotland's first national Transformation Readiness Index launches


The University of Aberdeen Business School is leading a major new research initiative designed to answer an increasingly urgent question for organisations across Scotland: are they truly ready for transformation?

Aberdeen Live - frontpage

Aberdeen bus gate fines could be spent on road relining and World Cup taxi marshals

A total of £1,977,000 was generated in bus lane enforcement penalties by the end of 2025/26, while the Low Emission Zone generated a total of £679,010 in the same time period.

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University of Aberdeen spin-out pioneers breakthrough method to produce green hydrogen from seawater

New University of Aberdeen spin-out, Hychor, is on course to transform the future of clean energy with an innovative technology that produces green hydrogen directly from seawater, eliminating the need for freshwater and reducing the cost and infrastructure barriers that currently limit hydrogen ado...

Aberdeen Live - frontpage

Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland apologise as customers hit by app outage

The banking group apologised to customers for the technical issues which come just a few months after nearly half a million people were impacted by an IT glitch.

Aberdeen Live - frontpage

Former Aberdeen chief praises 'great servant' Stewart Milne for steering club clear of 'rocky times'

The Aberdeenshire businessman is stepping down from the board after 32 years with the club, including more than two decades as Dons chairman between 1998 and 2019.

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King Charles opens new Balmoral maze designed in tribute to his late mother

Located within the grounds of the Aberdeenshire estate, the maze is believed to be only the second royal maze to have been created in Britain in the past 300 years.

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Aberdeen night bus services extended for Scotland's World Cup matches

The existing First Bus-contracted services are to be enhanced in the early hours for the Haiti clash on Sunday, June 14 and the Morocco fixture on Saturday, June 20.

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Peterhead sweet shop owner announces closure after heartbreaking diagnosis

Fiona Chalmers, who has run the shop for the best part of two decades, has decided to shut the store for good after being diagnosed with an "aggressive" lung cancer.