The 9.85 per cent increase is the highest of Scotland's main cities - with Edinburgh and Dundee going for eight per cent and Glasgow going for 7.5 per cent.

Councillors in Aberdeen have backed a council tax rise of 9.85%. Officials had been recommending 11%, but the SNP and Liberal Democrat administration successfully proposed the lower figure. It means band D council tax will be set at £1,636.27.

Police said they used 'specialist tactics to protect the public and officers from harm' and said a knife was recovered from the scene.

Aberdeen saw commercial property investment volumes total £357m in 2024, three times the 2023 figure and more than double the 10-year average of £160m.

Hungarian sisters Henrietta and Eliza Huszti tragically disappeared in Aberdeen, Scotland, last month and their bodies were devastatingly found in a river weeks later

George Murdoch was brutally slain in September 1983 while working as a cab driver, with the killer having used a cheese wire in the process. The culprit has never been found.

Investment in commercial property surged in Aberdeen last year, as bargain hunters took advantage of “extremely attractive yields”.

Graeme Shinnie has become Aberdeen’s very own John McGinn as he homes in on his 600th club appearance. That is the view of his former Dons and Inverness teammate Adam Rooney. He believes Shinnie’s desire and determination is similar to that of the Aston Villa and Scotland star and has also helped them both get to the top of their game.

Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin told BBC Scotland: "Performance wise, maybe we're not happy with the result. But football is football. "We started well, but they score and we have to do better in how we defend. It is difficult to be 2-0 down at home at half-time in a really important game.

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both aged 32 - who are part of a set of triplets - vanished from Aberdeen on Tuesday, January 7. Their bodies were discovered during river searches in the River Dee on January 31. Their death certificates both state the single cause of death as drowning, reports the BBC.

Dundee United boss Jim Goodwin told BBC Scotland: "More often than not, away from home in this league, a point is usually a good result and a positive one. "But when you're two goals up, to concede as late on as we did, it does feel a little bit like a defeat.