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Colin Farquhar: Anger should be directed at UK’s shoddy asylum system – not those being housed in Aberdeen

There was a wonderful article a few weeks ago in your Press & Journal, about ‘the coo that doesn’t moo’ – the Torry Coo foghorn. Now, I...

17.09.2025 2

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Colin Farquhar

Neil Drysdale: Train services were fast and reliable on my European rail holiday – why can’t we have same in Scotland?

It was the sort of railway journey which I would never have dreamed of taking anywhere in Britain. Our recent holiday itinerary featured a trip...

17.09.2025 1

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Neil Drysdale

David Knight: I narrowly escaped serious injury after vicious gull attack but others might not be so lucky

It was a cowardly attack on me which literally came out of the blue – a real sucker punch, as they say. I was mugged in broad daylight. The blow to...

14.09.2025 20

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David Knight

Scott Begbie: Aberdeen is no different from Rome or Barcelona when it comes to building projects so let’s stop moaning about it

What do Barcelona, Cannes, Rome and Aberdeen have in common? They all have an epicentre of building works happening in the heart of their cities. I...

09.09.2025 3

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Scott Begbie

David Knight: Asylum hotel plans for Old Aberdeen should be held to same planning regulations as everyone else

I was leafing through a council document listing all the reasons why it granted a planning application for a small house extension in Old Aberdeen....

07.09.2025 7

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David Knight

Euan McColm: Nothing sums up ineptitdue of Aberdeen City Council better than 20mph fiasco

Does anything better sum up the ineptitude of local government than the decision by Aberdeen City Council to slash the speed limit across the city...

05.09.2025 2

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Euan Mccolm