This Saturday, the 24th June, is National Armed Forces Day. Here in Aberdeen there will be a parade of serving military personnel, veterans’ associations, cadet and youth organisations accompanied by local pipe bands and vintage military vehicles down Union Street from 11am, finishing at the Castlegate. The parade is a celebration of the history and […]

Information I have obtained from a senior member of council staff has revealed that the council spends so little on road repairs it would take over 100 years to resurface all of Aberdeen’s roads! The situation with pavement repairs is even worse. At current spending levels, it would take 456 years to resurface all of Aberdeen’s […]

Congratulations to Broomhill School on winning the Scottish Schools Snowsports Association Primary Freestyle Championships. Not only did Broomhill School Team A come first, but Broomhill School Team B came fifth. Individual team members were second and third in the female ski category and third in the male ski category. Sign up here to receive more news and […]

I am pleased that part of Abergeldie Road has been resurfaced. Sadly though, the area resurfaced did not include the badly broken area at the junction of Abergeldie Road and Abergeldie Terrace. I will continue to press for this, and other crumbling roads and uneven pavements in our area, to be properly repaired and resurfaced. Sign […]

1st – 7th June is National Volunteers’ Week 2017 and I want to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to all the volunteers in our area. Volunteers make a huge contribution to our area – at our local community centres, community councils, churches and other faith groups, voluntary organisations and elsewhere. If you’ve […]

Britain’s top men’s professional cycling teams will compete in Round 8 of the Tour Series in Aberdeen on Thursday 25th May. Scottish Cycling will host a range of amateur races between 1.00pm and 6.00pm. The men’s Tour Series gets underway at 7.30pm and the presentation to the winners will be at approximately 9pm. There will be […]

The National Library of Scotland has created an online tool to allow people to see how an area looks in a recent satellite photo compared to a map published in 1896. Using the blue slider button on the left hand side of the tool’s screen, you can look at the map, the photo or, best […]

I am delighted that, after a great deal of pressure, the council has resurfaced Ruthrieston Road outside Ruthrie Court and the section of Ruthrie Road at its junction with Ruthrieston Road. This was in a terrible state. I will keep pressing for other badly broken, potholed and uneven roads and pavements in our area to be resurfaced. […]

Aberdeen’s Liberal Democrat councillors this morning (Thursday 11th May) announced they would not be entering any coalition to run Aberdeen City Council. Ian Yuill, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group, said: “The Liberal Democrats believe we can best serve our constituents and Aberdeen by not joining any coalition. We will instead consider every issue before […]

Thank you to each of the 2,458 local residents who gave me their first preference vote in Thursday’s council election – over 900 more than any other candidate in our area. I am delighted to have been re-elected to work for all of the people of our area over the next few years. Thank you to everyone who sent […]