Alastair Gossip

Main characters in our last attendance probe look to have packed their lunches and gone back to the office... but we find another senior city official that councillors "don't really know".

"All hell broke loose" when the council's "disappointing" RC schools survey was launched earlier in the year - and now education convener Martin Greig has been forced to deny he's "anti-Catholic".

Talks about the extension at the Aberdeen school are "not straight forward contractually" and council chiefs can't say when it will be built

Councillors are due to decide on the future of one of the Aberdeen bus gates next week. There are fears IT woes will scupper the vote.

A new council report looks to have ruled out changes being made to the Bridge Street bus gate in Aberdeen city centre.

Aberdeen secondary schools are near their limit as council chiefs continually delay roll forecasts needed to know where there's room for new pupils.

Aberdeen City Council chiefs are unmoved by a recent court ruling against changes to the high street in Inverness.

Councillors will meet to - once again - debate the future of the Aberdeen city centre bus gates on Friday.

Controversy erupted when the then Lord Provost commissioned a portrait with the flag of the Russian Navy in the background.

Milton Zata bought 60 Affleck Street in Aberdeen in January. He began taking bookings on Airbnb and Booking from March, even though he had been told he'd need a licence.