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David Knight: The public has a right to know what happens after crimes like Hazlehead Academy stabbing

If a young female relative of mine was slashed several times in the face at school, I think I’d go to the ends of the earth to see justice done....

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David Knight: We need Cairngorms wildfire probe to hold decision-makers to account

03.08.2026 10

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David Knight: Highland rapist Shaun McKenna’s sentence leaves victims asking where is the justice?

26.07.2026 20

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David Knight: The Scottish Government has run out of road on the A9 and A96

19.07.2026 20

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David Knight: Inverness taxi fiasco shows councils should scrap secrecy around licensing when public deserves full picture

12.07.2026 20

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David Knight: Children’s hearings must not become a black hole for justice

05.07.2026 30

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David Knight: Aberdeen South exposed the SNP’s biggest weakness

28.06.2026 30

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David Knight: New efforts sparked hope for Woolmanhill – but public deserves to know what’s going on behind closed doors

21.06.2026 30

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David Knight: Can Bon Accord Centre lead Aberdeen’s retail comeback?

14.06.2026 40

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David Knight: Could shamed Peter Murrell’s spending spree cost SNP more than money at Aberdeen South by-election?

08.06.2026 30

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David Knight: We need to learn from visitors looking past Aberdeen roadworks to back city’s reinvention

31.05.2026 30

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David Knight: Swinney should make sure thugs like violent Union Street attacker stay locked up for full sentence

24.05.2026 50

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David Knight: The SNP may have triumphed again but their win still fails to convince on case for independence referendum

17.05.2026 50

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David Knight: I’m no killjoy but overnight drinking sessions for big Scotland games leave me worried

10.05.2026 50

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David Knight: Daily misery of Aberdeen teachers shows how woke rules backing brutal kids have gone too far since my day

03.05.2026 50

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David Knight: Stop clashing over Aberdeen taxi rules and find compromise to boost city’s cover at crucial time

26.04.2026 50

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David Knight: Swinney’s independence referrendum talk rings hollow after years of SNP failure

19.04.2026 50

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David Knight: Abandoned buildings like Woolmanhill and M&S could risk Aberdeen’s image in tourist season

12.04.2026 40

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David Knight: Being honest about north-east ambulance delays playing a role in deaths could help ease crisis

05.04.2026 60

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David Knight: The show must go on, but after two decades are voters tiring of the SNP?

29.03.2026 60

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David Knight: Aberdeen’s HMO problem is draining the life from our communities

22.03.2026 60

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David Knight: Old Aberdeen’s beautiful facade can’t hide the drugs blighting Spital Walk

15.03.2026 60

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David Knight: Regenerating Aberdeen starts with saving the buildings we’re letting rot

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David Knight: The Keith Rollinson case exposes a Scottish Government unwilling to stand up to violent youth crime

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David Knight: How do we deal with child yobs at Union Square when we can’t give them a clip around the ear?

08.02.2026 70

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David Knight: 20-month sentence should mean full stint behind bars for Aberdeen thug Christopher Reid

01.02.2026 50

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David Knight: A96 budget chaos exposes SNP’s long road of broken promises

26.01.2026 100

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David Knight: Would SNP be wise to axe Scotland’s nuclear deterrent as nation plays part in Trump drama?

19.01.2026 70

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David Knight: Never mind Jack Frost’s visit, it’s the year-round cold callers in Aberdeen we need to be worried about

11.01.2026 70

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David Knight: Sheriff needs to make example of Aberdeen street attack brute with jail sentence

04.01.2026 50

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David Knight: Marvellous Aberdeen medics at RACH are to thank for returning my family’s festive spirit

28.12.2025 60

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David Knight: We can’t let Union Street become a museum piece after bus gates defeat

21.12.2025 50

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David Knight: Are police too busy policing protests to tackle everyday crime?

14.12.2025 50

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David Knight: Bus gates are still baffling Aberdeen drivers after all this time – court verdict can’t come soon enough

07.12.2025 60

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David Knight: Government secrecy is partly to blame for intimidating asylum protests in Aberdeen

30.11.2025 50

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David Knight: How Westminster’s windfall tax madness risks killing the North Sea golden goose

23.11.2025 50

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David Knight: Where is the justice in shortening the sentence of Keith Rollinson’s killer?

16.11.2025 60

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David Knight: Judge must untangle Aberdeen bus gates loose ends once and for all

09.11.2025 50

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David Knight: Don’t let Aberdeen City Council’s impressive projects distract from Raac scandal and bus gates disaster

02.11.2025 40

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David Knight: ARI’s endless waiting lists tested my spirit but reminded me how precious survival truly is

26.10.2025 40

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David Knight: SNP needs to drop its IndyRef drive and focus on things that matter like our NHS

19.10.2025 50

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David Knight: £10m package fails to cover devastating losses for Aberdeen Raac victims

12.10.2025 60

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David Knight: Street patrols in Old Aberdeen would ruin peaceful way of life for residents caught up in asylum seeker crossfire

05.10.2025 50

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

14.09.2025 40

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

07.09.2025 50

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David Knight: We need to fix broken system meaning north-east stroke patients can be denied treatment based on timing

31.08.2025 50

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David Knight: Asylum seeker hysteria at Boddam makes me wonder if hotel locations should be kept secret

24.08.2025 40

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David Knight: Never mind Beach Boulevard, close The Spital to stop huge buses squeezing along tight road

17.08.2025 40

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David Knight: We need answers on incinerator shambles as multi-million-pound Aberdeen plant sits idle

10.08.2025 40

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Free beach parking a welcome surprise – should Aberdeen city centre follow suit?

I’m deeply grateful to a reader who sent me his thoughts about my column in a proper letter, which he entrusted to Royal Mail to deliver via the...

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