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© Supplied by Dundee Rep The new online production of Smile, the play which went behind the touchline traumas of Dundee United legend Jim McLean, has punted the ball out of the park with ticket numbers, after just two days on sale. Enough of the football puns. Much of the success of Phillip Differ’s portrait of the footballing icon was the fact that it looked at the man rather than the manager. Its success just before lockdown, in February 2020 as part of the Rep’s 80th anniversary season,...

Aberdeen Disney customers face a 260-mile round trip to spend gift cards or vouchers Updated: April 8, 2021, 4:24 pm © EVENING EXPRESS Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Following the announcement that Aberdeen’s Disney store would not be reopening, customers have been told they cannot spend their vouchers or gift cards online. It now means that residents in the north-east face a 260-mile round trip to t...

Police launch investigation after Angus caravan theft © Steve MacDougall Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Police have launched an investigation following the theft of a caravan in Angus. Thieves nabbed the vehicle from outside an address in Inveraldie, near Tealing, between 5pm and 8pm on Sunday March 28. The caravan was a Swift Challenger double axle 4-berth and officers are appealing for help from anyone wh...

© Chris Sumner/DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A new weather warning has been issued by the Met Office today. The forecaster’s yellow alert for snow and ice covers much of Aberdeenshire, the Highlands and Islands. Snow is expected this afternoon and into the evening, becoming heavier and more frequent overnight. The latest warning comes following a week of wintry conditions across much of th...

© Shutterstock / LeoWolfert Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Energy transition and net-zero – themes for a major online event later this month – have gone from being just buzzwords to take their place at the heart of the north-east and wider Scottish economies. Barely a day goes by without fresh news of how businesses are adapting to change as part of a move away from fossil fuels. Much of this econo...

© Mhairi Edwards Tonight, an online jukebox of musicians will come together to perform songs of solidarity and struggle. It’s to raise funds for the children’s Big Noise Douglas Orchestra which is supported by Optimistic Sound, the charity established in memory of the late Michael Marra. Organised by the University of Cooper Gallery, the event is part of the wider project ‘The Ignorant Art School: Five Sit-ins towards Creative Emancipation’, launched earlier this year with Sit-in #1 by...

© Aberdeen Inspired Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up An ambitious project to “enliven and improve” some of Aberdeen’s most iconic streets with illuminated signs has been given the green light. A dozen suspended signs, which can be lit up, will be hung at either end of Shiprow, Belmont Street, Stirling Street, Back Wynd Steps, Windmill Brae, both ends of Langstane Place, Chapel Street, Crown Street,...

© DC Thomson A German woman opening a new Broughty Ferry shop this weekend is imposing a ‘Scotland only’ stock policy. The guiding principal behind Coorie is that if it’s not Scottish and made by a small producer then it’s not coming in. Owner Daniela Mather has taken inspiration from the farmers’ markets she has attended with her homemade chutneys for the last two years. ‘I hadn’t been looking for a shop’ She hadn’t been looking to open a shop – but when she went inside th...

V&A Dundee lost £1.1 million in first full year of trading © SYSTEM V&A Dundee’s chairman said high energy bills and visitors spending less than expected were among reasons for a £1.1 million loss before the pandemic hit. The deficit meant Design Dundee Limited, the charity established to develop and run the V&A, lost two-thirds of its value. The newly filed accounts show the design museum generated income of £6.23m but incurred costs of £7.34m in the year to the end of March 2020. The a...

Alongside Anderson, McGowan has recovered from a costly error in Dundee’s 3-1 defeat against Ayr United last month. His performances since selling the jerseys for Mark McKenzie’s opener that day speak volumes about his character and quality.    As a consequence, McPake has been able to utilise his forward-thinking 4-4-2 with two out-and-out wingers in the form of Paul McMullan – 10 assists and counting – and Declan McDaid. Although Danny Mullen is not averse to dropping back and aidi...