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Let’s channel Dons pride into Aberdeen as a whole after Scottish Cup euphoria

27.05.2025 40

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Scott Begbie

Jack MacKenzie could have been killed by the chair – it’s time we talked about violence at football matches

26.05.2025 40

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David Knight

We need Annie Inglis spirit to save Aberdeen Arts Centre I spent a decade helping to run

21.05.2025 20

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Moray Barber

If the lights go out at Aberdeen Arts Centre they will dim for all of culture in the city

20.05.2025 30

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Scott Begbie

M&S shuts with a whimper but can Union Street come back with a bang?

14.05.2025 30

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Colin Farquhar

Time to ditch phones and put teachers back in charge

13.05.2025 30

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Scott Begbie

Myself and many others are going private in the face of NHS waiting times – but what about those who can’t?

07.05.2025 30

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Rebecca Buchan

Scottish Government is going down the wrong road with its war on cars

06.05.2025 40

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Scott Begbie

Torry Raac residents need concrete guarantees they will see meaningful compensation

04.05.2025 50

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David Knight

Council cash chiefs should never have ploughed £1.3m into doomed Resident X in the first place

02.05.2025 30

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Euan McColm

Why Aberdeen College is a life-saver for people like this lad from Banff who daydreamed his way through school

30.04.2025 50

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Colin Farquhar

Stop finger pointing and get round a table to help those affected by Torry Raac crisis

29.04.2025 30

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Scott Begbie

No-nonsense lawyer gives me confidence we can finally be rid of Aberdeen bus gates

27.04.2025 40

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David Knight

How my trip on new Aberdeen tour bus helped me see city in a whole new light

23.04.2025 20

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Rebecca Buchan

We should be making MORE of empty city centre spaces to discourage Aberdeen street drinkers and troublemaking youths

22.04.2025 40

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Scott Begbie

Don’t let ugly Kincorth Emirates incident taint flourishing young team backed by freezing granddads – myself included!

20.04.2025 40

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David Knight

Hydrogen buses fiasco are just the latest shambles to make me lose confidence in Aberdeen’s leaders

18.04.2025 30

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Euan McColm

Union Street’s makeover is hardly worth the millions Aberdeen cooncil is spending to just widen the road

18.04.2025 40

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Moreen Simpson

Aberdeen student show an institution to make every local proud

17.04.2025 30

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Moray Barber

North Coast 500 boasts beauties that should be shared with the world – but not at the cost of locals

16.04.2025 30

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Colin Farquhar

Aberdeen Adventurer huge vote of confidence in tourism sector in the city

15.04.2025 30

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Scott Begbie

How our youngsters are navigating a flawed education system

11.04.2025 20

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Calum Petrie

My cheery chat with American cruise ship tourists who hailed Aberdeen as ‘better than Edinburgh’

08.04.2025 40

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Scott Begbie

Fittie Airbnbs could be a slippery slope to losing community identity like student-packed Old Aberdeen

06.04.2025 40

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David Knight

I need a win at the Grand National to pay cooncil tax hike putting my Summerhil bungalow on par with Rubislaw Den mansion

04.04.2025 40

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Moreen Simpson

I would not bet against Stephen Flynn becoming First Minister before he’s 40

04.04.2025 40

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Euan McColm

I’m a new driver – and even I can see how 50mph speed limit would cause more problems on north-east roads

02.04.2025 40

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Colin Farquhar

A96 dullaing deserves to be as much a priority as any Central Belt project

01.04.2025 30

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Scott Begbie

Mobile phones can be both a blessing and a curse but regulations around underage usage need to be tightened

30.03.2025 40

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David Knight

Pigs will fly afore any Rapid Transit system works in Aberdeen

28.03.2025 40

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Moreen Simpson

Councillor’s 22% wage increase makes me sick when so many services are under threat and tax bills are rising

25.03.2025 40

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Scott Begbie

Toxic Town? Why skulduggery and stubborn egos on show in Netflix drama remind me of Aberdeen’s bus gates battle

23.03.2025 30

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David Knight

Why Topshop should come back to Aberdeen – and reopen Union Street spot left empty for years

22.03.2025 20

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Rebecca Buchan

Every bairn should be forced to watch Netflix’s Adolescence if it saves a life

21.03.2025 40

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Moreen Simpson

It’s time for Swinney to paint a new picture of Aberdeen in something other than oil to reverse the city’s bleak outlook

21.03.2025 30

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Euan McColm

Every bairn should be forced to watch Netflix’s Adolescence if it saves a life

21.03.2025 40

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Moreen Simpson