Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire & Highlands news

It is two years since the SNP published its draft energy strategy with a "presumption against" new oil and gas fields. Image: Supplied.

Two years on, is it time for SNP to dump presumption against oil and gas?

One Aberdeen business leader said it should not fall to Donald Trump to 'make the case for jobs and investment here'.

By Adele Merson

Motorists are facing up to 40 minute delays. Image: DC Thomson

Drivers face ’40-minute delays’ on A92 as major roadworks get under way

Motorists have been warned of disruption on the major route north of Aberdeen.

By Graham Fleming

A photo montage showing headshots of the the nineteen people who died in accidents on the A96 road between Aberdeen and Inverness

Remembering those who lost their lives on the A96

Nineteen people have died in crashes along the 104-mile stretch of road in the past six years.

By Ross Hempseed

Aberdeen's Ross Doohan and head coach Jimmy Thelin at full-time after the 0-0 draw with Hearts. Image: SNS

Duncan Shearer: Pivotal week ahead for Aberdeen at Ibrox, in Scottish Cup and in transfer window

First and foremost, Aberdeen must use Ross Doohan's late penalty save against Hearts as a catalyst for their return to winning ways, writes Duncan Shearer.

By Duncan Shearer

What about the fact that scores of folk have ended up in hospital after going their length on sheet ice streets across the city thanks to the council's decision that minimal gritting was a grand idea?

Scott Begbie: Aberdeen ‘clowncil’ needs to admit ‘minimal gritting’ is not working – before more people end up in A&E

It is such a shame that this hard-working and dedicated army who are the lifeblood of so much that is good in Aberdeen is being let down by those at the top of the organisation.

By Scott Begbie 2

Kyran Wakerell, assistant manager of the Scotch & Rye pub which is approaching its tenth anniversary. Image Sandy McCook/DC Thomson

Scotch and Rye: how a bar inspired by 1920s America has been a popular Inverness haunt for a decade

The award-winning business on Queensgate has adapted to changing customer demands.

By John Ross

Aberdeen's Ross Doohan (R) and Dante Polvara at full time in the 0-0 draw with Hearts. Image: SNS

Penalty hero Ross Doohan delivers insight into Aberdeen squad mood amid 11-game winless slump

Keeper Doohan saved a 93rd-minute penalty against Hearts to prevent Aberdeen crashing to a sixth successive league defeat for the first time since 2010.

By Sean Wallace