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BBC News
2 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Over-running meeting webcasts cost Aberdeen City Council £12,000
Over-running and extra council meetings in Aberdeen have cost the local authority nearly £12,000 in additional webcasting costs over the past two years.A report to go before councillors on Wednesday will call on them to review proposals to address the amount of adjourned, reconvened and requisitioned City Council is looking to address the issue due to the costs of the extra meetings having to be called, and sessions regularly running into new days or beyond their allocated time. Concerns have been raised about the impact this has on the council's ability to conclude business, and on councillors' and officials' time. Aberdeen City Council has a £26,691-a-year contract for webcasts - based on 120 live between the 2023 financial year and the end of 2024/25 the live streams went 173 hours over cost the council an additional £11,882 over that period, a cost of £68.68 per have called 13 special or requisitioned meetings over the past report suggests "this could be managed better".
BBC News
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Tall Ships Races Aberdeen: Full programme of events unveiled
Aberdeen will be turned into a "party city" when it hosts the Tall Ships Races later this year, according to the event's organisers. They have unveiled the full programme for the spectacle which will be held from Saturday 19 July to Tuesday 22 of vessels from around the world will take part, and hundreds of thousands of people are expected to enjoy the four-day event. The organisers say they expect it to be the biggest tourist event in Scotland this attractions will include free live music, and street food stalls. A previously-announced gig by Deacon Blue as part of the Tall Ships event has already sold for Kaiser Chiefs - 'I Predict a Riot' is among their hits - and a Ministry of Sound Classical event are also sold out. Aside from the main names, other acts include Tide Lines, Calum Bowie, Glasvegas, Brooke Combe, Little Kicks, Capollos and Look Busy event organisers revealed there would be a "vibrant" line-up of live music, including Scottish trad, jazz, Afrobeat, hip hop, and Latin line-up also features local choirs and youth children will be catered for with attractions at a family zone at Blaikie's Quay including a giant sandpit and entertainment. People can also get their picture taken with Tall Ships Aberdeen mascot, Dorry the Dolphin, during the festival. Emma Wadee, Aberdeen City Council's Tall Ships Project Manager, said: "We know how much the people of Aberdeen love to party - we saw that during the Dons' Scottish Cup victory parade."We hope people will turn out in their thousands again to enjoy everything on offer at The Tall Ships Races and help turn the Granite City into Party City from morning to night."The races are designed to encourage international friendship and training for young people in the art of from Oman, Uruguay and Peru will be among those taking previously hosted the prestigious event in 1991 and and Lerwick are among other towns to have featured in the event's history, which dates back to the 1970s.
BBC News
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Watch Dons legend Miller celebrate cup triumph
Watch Aberdeen legend Willie Miller react to the penalty shootout win over Celtic as the Dons end their 35-year wait for Scottish Cup glory.
BBC News
27-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Raac residents in Aberdeen may have alternatives to demolition
Aberdeen residents living in homes blighted by potentially dangerous concrete are to be given the opportunity to explore alternative options to than 500 properties - most of them council-owned - were found to contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) in City Council previously agreed to demolish the residents will now be able explore alternative options for the future of their properties. A council meeting heard these included securing the agreement of all households in a given block to share the cost of a new roof instead of having to move out. The local authority wants to buy and demolish homes through voluntary acquisition, but there have been disputes about the a meeting on Tuesday, home owner Lynn Winstanley said she was "very, very disappointed".She added: "They want us to pay for the roofs. People are still going to be out of pocket."People don't have money to go and pay £40,000 or £50,000 for a roof. "If they did they would have done it already."Ms Winstanley, who runs an online support group for fellow Raac residents, lives in a block of four and said the situation was very she added her and her neighbours were "adamant" they were not going back to renting. Councillor Miranda Radley, convenor of the communities, housing and public protection committee, said homeowners would now be consulted on what they wanted to do."I understand the impact that this is having on all homeowners," she said."We are trying to work with them and trying to find creative solutions to solve their problems."We're working within the legal frameworks that we have available to us to offer as much as we can at this point."A total of 138 private properties and 366 council homes the Balnagask area were found to have Raac in their roof March, plans for the phased demolition of homes moved plans to demolish and rebuild the properties are expected to cost more than £150m. What is Raac? Raac stands for reinforced autoclaved aerated is a lightweight material that was used mostly in flat roofing, but also in floors and walls, between the 1950s and is a cheaper alternative to standard concrete, is quicker to produce and easier to it is less durable and has a lifespan of about 30 structural behaviour differs significantly from traditional reinforced is also susceptible to structural failure when exposed to moisture. The bubbles can allow water to enter the is often coated with another material, such as bitumen, on roofing panels. But this material can also Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said Raac is now beyond its lifespan and may "collapse with little or no notice".
BBC News
25-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'A scene of jubilation and celebration as Dons parade the Scottish Cup'
When Aberdeen last won the Scottish Cup in 1990, I was on a bus embarking on a school trip to Germany, listening to it all unfold on my pocket being at the celebrations really hammered home how long – too long – it has been since the club last won this trophy, and what it means to the Dons fans lined the streets in their thousands - well into the tens of thousands, in fact - as the open-topped bus weaved its way through the city were in fine voice too, with 'Shinnie, he is one of our own' and the now trademark 'Shady Mo' song being among the choruses belted out as the bus crawled through the throng which filled the granite to the final, there was a mood of trepidation, and very little expectation among the Red a difference a day can make – this was a scene of jubilation and was a fitting reception for the Aberdeen players and staff, who now have their names etched in to the club's history they took it in turns to hold the trophy aloft from the balcony at the Town House at the Castlegate end of Union Street, each lift was greeted with delirious course, the challenge will be to build on this this was about savouring the moment, one which saw a city and its football team united as one.
