Scottish journalist at @thepressandjournal.bsky.social / @eveningexpress.bsky.social / Aberdeen is homehttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lxhidt3aak2tAberdeen homeowners are fighting for the roofs over their heads but our investigation reveals the council knew of RAAC dangers years before they even began checking homes. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6837332/aberdeen-raac-homeowners-told-years-after-councils-alert/28 Aug 2025 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhidt3aak2thttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lrsxjtd5ss2aIs it a veiled threat by Aberdeen City Council? Torry homeowners impacted by the RAAC concrete crisis think so. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6781423/torry-raac-families-winter-homeless-worries-allard/17 Jun 2025 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsxjtd5ss2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lrqntucals2q@believeinscotland.bsky.social I’m campaigning to help Scottish homeowners Trapped by RAAC (unstable concrete used in ex council housing) who are facing bankruptcy and house demolition. Would you pls share petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7013… we only have 24 hours left on the petition ❤️ https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7013…16 Jun 2025 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrqntucals2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lrpymmd6sk2lMister Bates himself has sent a message to Torry families caught in the RAAC concrete crisis. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/6780535/post-office-hero-alan-bates-message-to-torry-raac-victims-dont-give-in-to-people-who-hope-you-go-away/16 Jun 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpymmd6sk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lroaymp6kk26Inside @pressandjournal.co.uk explosive RAAC Question Time where affected families went toe-to-toe with politicians. www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6780070/torry-raac-question-time-debate-aberdeen-press-and-journal/ https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6780070/torry-raac-question-time-debate-aberdeen-press-and-journal/15 Jun 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lroaymp6kk26https://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lreav7nwxs27Absolutely thrilled! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2025 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lreav7nwxs27https://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lp7akcoqrc2qDid you know there’s ’another Post Office scandal’ enveloping Scotland? As part of our Trapped by RAAC campaign I grilled Aberdeen City Council leader Christian Allard. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6756462/christian-allard-torry-raac-is-the-next-post-office-scandal/15 May 2025 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7akcoqrc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3loncnasavs2vAnother day another tale of suffering and anxiety due to Raac https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6747089/torry-quines-trapped-by-raac-aberdeen/08 May 2025 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3loncnasavs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lnkzvvpkec2nhttps://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6738537/trapped-by-raac-campaign-aberdeen-homeowners/ Delighted to be putting our weight behind the Torry homeowners who are suffering unimaginably as this RAAC crisis only worsens in Scotland. Please sign the petition (link in article).24 Apr 2025 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnkzvvpkec2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lm7hveu5bs2uAberdeen dad-of-two Kev Clarke was just 37 when he became one of many to die in the pandemic, with ‘Covid’ written on his death certificate. On what would have been his 41st birthday, we remember him: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/obituaries/6721384/bridge-of-don-aberdeen-covid-death-dad-kev-clarke-remembered/07 Apr 2025 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm7hveu5bs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lkuvbtsjsk2phttps://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/6706465/8-stories-why-we-love-multicultural-aberdeen-census/ Absolutely loved writing these 8 stories of why people from all walks of life LOVE our big, bustling, multicultural Aberdeen. Based on census data it puts faces to stats. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. ❤️21 Mar 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkuvbtsjsk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lheleefbrs2mDevastating reality for Aberdeen families affected by RAAC in their homes. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/6685175/torry-raac-residents-reveal-valuation-offer-woes-with-some-as-low-as-20000/04 Feb 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lheleefbrs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lftztdt6p22oI’m getting so much joy from using my late dad’s kitchen tools I felt sure others would be similar. I asked and our readers answered. Kieran would’ve been 33 today. His mum still uses his pen and plectrum. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6666097/everyday-heirloom-keeping-memory-of-northfields-tragic-kieran-innes-alive/16 Jan 2025 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lftztdt6p22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3leuqlecuwc2eLast year I penned the obituary of Dingwall Men’s Shed founder George Garscadden who was forever changed by the Lockerbie disaster. In light of the new drama, I’m resharing his dying memories of the horror inflicted on his home town. Listen here 📢 https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6299556/watch-dingwall-mans-dying-memories-of-lockerbie-bombing/03 Jan 2025 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3leuqlecuwc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3le3mhrzq4c2eToday was the funeral of my dad, Ian Gould. Strangest Christmas Eve ever. I’m ending the day grateful for how well it went and for the good times. Lovely to see so many of his @thesnp.bsky.social pals there. If you cut my dad open he would be black and yellow at his core. Hug your loved ones x24 Dec 2024 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3le3mhrzq4c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lct3bzeeac2pIan Gould 1952-2024 💔 • Earlier tonight, with my aunt Janice and I beside him, my dad passed away. I’ll post something more befitting of the father of an obits writer a bit later. For now, to the first man to hold my hand, it was a privilege to be the last woman to hold yours.•08 Dec 2024 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lct3bzeeac2phttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lclu56nhuc25It’s been decided after 3 WhatsApp polls & a town hall in our living room, Christmas dinner will be at home (not option B restaurant or C, volunteering at church). Based on everyone choosing their own dish, we are eating this ubiquitous banquet…05 Dec 2024 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclu56nhuc25https://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lbl2sdp7rc2kFacebook just reminded me that four years ago today I was just waking up from the first of two ops for thyroid cancer. My goodness I’ve come a long way since then. Literally, and figuratively. We moved from Newcastle to Aberdeen, we bought a reno & I returned to journalism. What a ride!22 Nov 2024 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbl2sdp7rc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lbk2fq6wrc2yAnd the filming and sharing of bullying to social media stories keep coming… First this one earlier in the week (St Machar / Aberdeen City Council) https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/education/schools/6630728/violence-for-views-bullies-film-attack-at-aberdeen-city-secondary-school-st-machar-academy/ Then another today…22 Nov 2024 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbk2fq6wrc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lbjsbuyl3s2yI wondered about a lone female name on an Aberdeen war memorial. The quest to find info led to this incredible story of a plane crash, 19 women dying and all, tragically, just weeks after WWII ended. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-times/6610506/second-world-war-plane-crash-aberdeen-women/22 Nov 2024 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbjsbuyl3s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lbigzgfmm22qWell hello from Aberdeen 👋🏻 A bit about me… I’m currently loving my role as features / obits writer for the P&J. Started in journalism for Trinity Mirror at 18 when I won a competition to become a trainee. Trained in Newcastle, also worked for the West Lothian Courier + Teesside Gazette21 Nov 2024 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbigzgfmm22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lbibwinslc2cOne of my fav photos of the year. My little lady and a wee coo at Aikenshill Highlands Farm near Aberdeen. 📸 Kath Flannery DC / Thomson21 Nov 2024 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbibwinslc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lbi7rvqa222cAberdeen has been showing off this week.21 Nov 2024 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbi7rvqa222chttps://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lbhfga54y225Violence for views. That the term even exists should make us all sick to the stomach. Horrendous incident at St Machar Academy, Aberdeen. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/education/schools/6630728/violence-for-views-bullies-film-attack-at-aberdeen-city-secondary-school-st-machar-academy/21 Nov 2024 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhfga54y225https://bsky.app/profile/llbruce.bsky.social/post/3lay4abjmds2tWhat a star 16-year-old Charlie Elphinstone from Aberdeenshire is. Dealing with chronic pain he turned to antiques. And this is the result: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/farming/6611573/new-pitsligo-teenage-antiques-expert-charlie-elphinstone-strichen-antiques/15 Nov 2024 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:mt67khaowutjk66e7iqv2o7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lay4abjmds2t