Today Christians in the UK and across the world celebrate Easter – a time of reflection, renewal and redemption. Across the globe, Christians will come together to worship and spend time with family and friends in celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

There was mixed news for our area after Aberdeen City Council published the list of roads and pavements it proposes to resurface over the next 12 months.

Aberdeen’s Liberal Democrat councillors have stepped up their campaign against the introduction of a Garden Tax – a charge for emptying garden waste from residents’ brown wheelie bins – by challenging the council  to answer 23 separate questions about the new tax.

Council staff have agreed to repair unsafe steps on the footpath outside 37 – 45 Ramsay Crescent after I highlighted the problem. I took action after being contacted by a concerned resident.

I have been asked by residents why Ashley and Broomhill Community Council is no longer meeting. The answer is that, very unfortunately, it was wound up last October.

Nuart Aberdeen, the city’s international public arts festival, takes place this year between 18th and 21st April. Nuart aims to present the most interesting and relevant street art.

Transport Scotland has – for the third time – broken a commitment to to install additional traffic lights on a cantilever over the pedestrian crossing on South Anderson Drive just uphill from Broomhill Road.

World Health Day takes place annually on 7th April, with the 2019 event aiming to promote universal health coverage. This year’s campaign aims to help people better understand what universal health coverage means, including what services and support should be available to them and where.

Thank you to everyone who has contacted me recently about potholes and broken road surfaces in our area. I have now been told by the Roads Service that repairs have been carried out on a number of these roads. The roads on which council staff have told me they have filled potholes and carried out […]

Artist Jon Reid will be giving a talk on Nuart Aberdeen at the next Ruthrieston Residents’ Association meeting on Wednesday 10th April.