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Aberdeen councillors have shared fond memories of their "wonderful" late colleague Avril MacKenzie who died earlier this month.

Aberdeen councillor Avril MacKenzie is being remembered for "always going the extra mile" and being "a great friend to many".

Profile The SNPs Kaukab Stewart (left) and Green co-leader Lorna Slater arrive at Holyrood as newly elected MSPs WHAT’S THE STORY? AFTER weeks of campaigning and two days of counting, Scots finally know who their MSPs will be in the next Scottish Parliament. Some of the class of 2021 began arriving at Holyrood yesterday, where first-time MSPs began their induction in the labyrinthine Enric Miralles complex in central Edinburgh. Greens co-leader Lorna Slater was amongst them, as was Kaukab...

Tory Ryan Houghton withdraws application to be city council co-leader after backlash from historic controversial comments Updated: May 12, 2021, 11:35 am © Kami Thomson / DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Conservative councillor Ryan Houghton has withdrawn his bid to become co-leader of Aberdeen City Council. Mr Houghton, 29, was named leader of Aberdeen Conservatives earlier this week and had b...

THE SNP has called for Anas Sarwar to tell his Labour colleagues to vote against a Tory who was suspended over social media posts about the Holocaust from becoming a council leader. Ryan Houghton, who claimed some events of the Holocaust were "fabricated", is set to be voted into the role later this week – a move that will only be possible thanks to the votes of nine suspended Labour councillors. Houghton was chosen by colleagues to head up the Tory group on Monday but an official v...

Lee Harpin is the Jewish Newss political editor Ryan Houghton was dropped by the Tories in Aberdeen North and suspended by the party (screenshot from Twitter) A Conservative councillor who was suspended over social media posts about the Holocaust has been made leader of the party in Aberdeen. Ryan Houghton was chosen by colleagues to lead the group in the Scottish city at a meeting on Sunday. In the run-up to the 2019 general election he was suspended as the candidate for Aberdeen North afte...

THE Aberdeen Conservatives have been blasted after a Tory councillor who was suspended over social media posts about the Holocaust has become leader of the group. Ryan Houghton was chosen by colleagues to head up the Tory group yesterday afternoon but an official vote will take place on Thursday. But in 2019 he was suspended as a candidate in Aberdeen North over his racist internet history. In a series of old posts made on a martial arts forum – uncovered by The National and ...