Temporary traffic lights will be in operation during off-peak hours on Skene Road, from the roundabout junction with Lang Stracht to the junction with Groats Road, from Monday [December 15]. 2008/12/09 00:00:00

The Urgent Business Committee has agreed to purchase Glencraft's Wellington Road premises and lease it back to the social enterprise firm. 2008/12/09 00:00:00

Foresterhill Road will be partially closed for up to four evenings next week while road safety measures are put in place. 2008/12/09 00:00:00

09/12/08 The line-up for this year's Hogmanay party in Aberdeen will guarantee people travel far and wide to see out the old year and bring in the New Year at the city's Castlegate. 2008/12/09 00:00:00

MPs will ask the Chief Inspector of Schools how the authorities can better protect abused children like toddler Baby P.

Exhibition previews: These Valued Landscapes; David Gepp - Imperfect Transcriptions: The 24 Etudes of Frederic Chopin, for Monique; Helen Grove-White: Sea Breathing, all at Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, from Saturday, December 13 2008.

Exhibition Preview - The Northern Art Prize at Leeds Art Gallery until February 1 2009. Four artists shortlisted for the second Northern Art Prize are exhibiting recent work at Leeds Art Gallery.

47 year old Lynn Hill completed Chablanke a V11/12 (font 8A/+) boulder problem at Hueco Tanks, Texas a couple of days ago.The mother of a 5 year old, Owen, Lynn has been at the forefront of...

Motorists were urged to drive with care today as patches of ice developed on roads overnight.

Learner drivers in the North were today warned to steer clear of illegal driving instructors.

Pig-meat processors and officials from the Department of Agriculture are due to resume talks this morning in an effort to reach agreement on the reopening of the sector.

Ireland is the fourth most expensive place in the world to live and shop, according to a new international price comparison survey.

A coalition of groups working in the area of equality and human rights is due to outline its opposition to planned government cutbacks in the sector today.

A new study has found that members of the Travelling community are three times more likely to commit suicide than members of the general population.

Gardaí in Dublin are questioning a 34-year-old man following a heroin seizure in the west of the city last night.

The Government's Chief Veterinary Officer is expected to press home the point that Irish beef remains 100% safe to eat at an EU meeting later today.

Gardaí and the PSNI are reportedly investigating if waste oil that should have been stored or incinerated in the North is the source of the pig-meat contamination scare in the Republic.

Gardaí in Dublin are continuing to question six teenagers this morning in connection with the murder of Aidan O'Kane in East Wall at the weekend.

In November our enterprises did not import coke," he said.

In all conditions the government will secure peace and stability in the state, though with help of international financial organizations solution of the problems with reformation of the Ukrainian economy will be more successful and efficient. For Ukraine the International