Aberdeen, Scotland News

Half the cost of upgrading eight primary schools in the north and north-east could come from the Scottish Government, Education Secretary Fiona Hyslop announced yesterday.

BP Plc expects production from the Schiehallion oil and gas field west of the U.K.a s Shetland Islands to resume early next year after a tanker collision shut down the production platform last month.

Donald Trump has a vision for a beautiful stretch of Scotland's coast: A luxury hotel and spa, vacation villas, tennis courts, an archery range and -- the main attraction -- a golf course like no other.

An Aberdeen suburb could be transformed into a new town the size of Perth under multibillion-pound plans, the Press and Journal can reveal today.

North-east firms expressed their delight yesterday after winning key contracts to help the Trump Organisation create its championship golf course near Aberdeen.

The U.S. Labor Department says a British contractor has agreed to pay nearly $400,000 in back overtime wages.

More details... Busy city centre weekend expected 13 November 2009 The city centre is likely to be extremely busy again this weekend as the Christmas shopping rush gets into full swing and Santa and his reindeer arrive in Aberdeen.

Donald Trump is always on the lookout for his next acquisition. Already, the business mogul owns nine golf courses as nearby as Westchester and as far as Aberdeen, Scotland.

AN Aberdeen city councillor has expressed concerns over Grampian Police's use of officers policing new developments coming to the Formartine area.

British troops march towards trenches near Ypres at the Western Front during the first world war.

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Hundreds of Britons were evacuated from their homes as heavy rains triggered floods in Scotland and elsewhere, officials said Monday.

HEAVY WEATHER: Flooding at the Beach Boulevard retail park in Aberdeen caused traffic problems.

The docks in Aberdeen, Scotland: The self-styled oil capital of Europe has long been preparing for upheaval in the local economy.

The video is fun; not only is there the usual high-fiving and applause as customers enter the new store, but one of the Apple employees is wearing a kilt and there was a kilted piper entertaining the folks in line.

The Granite City is a lot less foreboding than its name suggests, with a wealth of green spaces and nightlife FAMOUS for its offshore industry, beautiful beaches and granite buildings, Aberdeen has much more to offer visitors.

It includes the laying of special marram grass, earthwork and fencing. The Tripping Up Trump group has warned it would take legal advice over Tuesday's decision to approve the work.

An air, underwater and land search has been launched for a man missing after a tractor was swept into an Aberdeenshire river during flooding.

She has disarmed gunmen on and off screen, survived alone on a desert island and helped a group of Gurkhas take on the state, but Joanna Lumley is even tougher than that a ' she's a Scot JOANNA LUMLEY is giving herself an instant facelift, pulling back her perfectly made-up complexion to show what she would look like if she had plastic surgery.

HISTORIAN and author Tim Newark last week hit out at Scottish-based actress Tilda Swinton after she likened Donald Trump's golf development plans to a 21st century Highland Clearance.