Whilst, after a few initial problems, the new arrangements for collecting waste and material for recycling from people’s homes is now mostly working well, I have had several complaints from people about the very large number of wheelie bins now sitting on some streets. This is a particular problem on roads with tenements or blocks […]

As I have been walking around our area knocking on doors and delivering leaflets during the council election campaign I have noticed bags of dog mess dropped on pavements and hung on hedges across our area. I have also been told by some people that dog walkers throw bagged dog mess into their gardens. I […]

I have called on council staff to repair potholes and broken areas of road surface on Nellfield Place, Deeside Park and Deeside Drive. Problems with potholes and broken road surfaces will only get worse until the council invests more in repairing and resurfacing crumbling roads and pavements. My Liberal Democrat colleagues and I will continue to […]

I have asked council staff to remove graffiti from a grit box on Abergeldie Road. Please do let me know about any other graffiti in our area. Sign up here to receive more news and information from Ian Yuill.

A mix up at Police Scotland’s new centralised control room led to police officers being sent to a Tesco store in Glasgow, rather than Tesco in Mannofield. The error happened after staff at Mannofield’s Tesco store reported an attempted break in. The police control room sent police officers to Great Western Road in Glasgow when […]

I am regularly contacted by people concerned at the condition of roads and pavements in our area. Every time this happens I contact the council’s roads staff to highlight residents’ concerns and ask that the section of pavement or road people have contacted me about is inspected and repaired or resurfaced. The roads I have […]

It is not too late to register to vote for the council elections in Aberdeen on Thursday 4th May. The deadline for registering is Monday 17th April. You can register to vote online here and it normally takes about 5 minutes to do so.

Council roads staff have now confirmed to me that the pavements of Hutchison Terrace will be resurfaced. The work is scheduled to begin on 3rd July. This is very welcome news. The pavements of Hutchison Terrace are in a disgraceful state. I will continue to press for more pavement and roads in our area to be resurfaced. […]

After being contacted by residents, I have once again urged the Chief Executive of Scottish Government agency Transport Scotland to take action to get the many bare and churned up areas on the grass verges of South Anderson Drive and Anderson Drive levelled and re-seeded or re-turfed. These verges are in a disgraceful state and […]