Police appeal after girls approached by ‘scruffy’ man
Police are looking to speak with a ‘scruffy’ man after two teenage girls were approached in Dundee. The girls were walking in the Findowrie Street and Grampian Gardens, in the Fintry area of the city,...
View ArticleTributes as ‘nice guy’ publican loses cancer battle
A well-known Dundee publican has died after a short battle with cancer. Brian Mackie, 52, who ran Ross’s Bar on Arbroath Road with wife Lynn, passed away on Sunday. Today, his wife of 27 years paid...
View ArticleKnife-wielding thug threatened to ‘butcher’ woman
With a bandana covering half of his face, Mark Boucher posed for the camera with a huge serrated knife and posted it to Facebook. It was just one of a series of sickening threats made by the...
View ArticleOAPs urge local community: ‘help us clean up eyesore’
A Broughty Ferry couple have told how they’ve spent the best part of a decade keeping their local park clean. Jeanette Thirsk, 74, and husband Stewart, 76, spend their spare time picking up litter at...
View ArticleAutistic Dundee boy ‘told not to return’ to caravan park over noise
A Dundee couple claim they were asked not to return to a caravan park due to noise made by their children, including their autistic son. Barry and Libby Holman have spent several recent weekends taking...
View Article‘Bin police’ sent out to inspect locals’ rubbish
Inspectors dubbed “bin police” have been sent out to people’s houses following the arrival of a new recycling scheme. Residents in parts of Perth and Kinross, including Longforgan and Inchture, have...
View ArticleFamily ‘devastated’ after Broughty Ferry crash tragedy
The family of a pensioner who died in a three-vehicle crash have spoken of their devastation. Vanda Grewar, 85, was involved in the accident on St Vincent Street in Broughty Ferry. Mrs Grewar, of...
View Article‘Give us 20mph limit’: Residents petition for reduced limit on Dundee street
Residents of a Dundee street are calling for a 20mph limit to stop motorists driving at excessive speeds outside their homes. They have presented a petition with signatures to Dundee City Council over...
View ArticlePopular Dundee salon Saks in sudden closure
A city hairdressers has closed suddenly — with moves now afoot to try to secure the long-standing salon’s future. Saks Hair and Beauty, on the edge of Meadowside and Reform Street in the city centre,...
View ArticleWatch as BBC reporter walks off in a huff as election graphic fails
A BBC journalist seemed to walk off screen in a huff during election night coverage as the on-screen graphics failed to materialise. Dundee’s own Brian Taylor was talking through the results in...
View ArticleMan, 28, charged in connection with ‘incident’ in Fintry
A man is due in court after he allegedly approached teenage girls in Dundee. Officers were called to Findowrie Street and Grampian Gardens, in the Fintry area of the city, at about 8pm on Wednesday....
View ArticleMissing woman with advanced Alzheimer’s traced
Police have confirmed that a missing 66-year-old has been traced. Mary Petrie, who has advanced Alzheimer’s, vanished from the Dundee area at around 3.30pm today. Police said the St Andrews woman was...
View Article‘I need to find out the truth’: Dundee man believes daughter was murdered in...
A Dundee man has told of how his life has become “hell” after his daughter was found dead in Israel. John Pearson, 69, was born in Jerusalem but moved to Scotland with his parents when he was three....
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Rachael close to reaching cuddle cot fundraising target
A Dundee woman who gave birth to a stillborn baby is close to realising her dream of funding a cuddle cot. Rachael Anne Clark delivered baby Trey on February 16 — but her little boy had already passed...
View ArticleRoadworks set for busy Dundee route
Dundee’s leading bus company has warned that services will be disrupted during roadworks in the West End. The Perth Road project, which is scheduled to start on Monday and last for three weeks, will...
View ArticleAnger as thieves steal woman’s customised wheelchair
A disabled woman has hit out at thieves who made off with her customised £2,200 wheelchair. Lindsey Eppy, 48, had stored the wheelchair within the secure entry at the bottom of her daughter’s close at...
View ArticleElection 2016: Shona Robison vows to tackle rich and poor gap
One of the SNP’s heavyweights — Shona Robison —was re-elected in Dundee City East and immediately vowed to tackle the gap between rich and poor. Registering 16,509 votes — 32 more than in 2011 — Ms...
View ArticleElection 2016: Joe Fitz for the voters in west of Dundee as SNP’s poll share...
The SNP’s Joe FitzPatrick said that addressing child inequality was top of his manifesto as he cruised to victory in Dundee City West, with an increased overall majority. Mr FitzPatrick garnered 16,070...
View ArticleBin service ‘stinks’: locals hit out at council over pick-ups
Residents of a Dundee cul-de-sac think the council’s bin collection service stinks — and they want to see improvement. Bruce Lawson, 54, has hit out at the irregular service to Balcairn Place and has...
View ArticleJail for thugs who broke man’s jaw outside takeaway
Two thugs who fractured another man’s face in two places during a Dundee city centre attack have been jailed. Omar Rafiq, 28, and Lee Murphy, 33, were both given prison sentences at Dundee Sheriff...
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