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Dundee Rep launches online studios as Barrie Hunter opens up on emotional reprisal of role portraying Dundee United legend Jim McLean © Steve Brown / DCT Media Barrie Hunter as Jim McLean. As the doors to theatres and venues closed last spring, there was a rush to keep a connection with audiences in any way possible. Throughout the year and its extended lockdowns, it became clear that there would be no speedy reopening. The content being offered became more sophisticated and there was a realis...

Updated: 01/04/2021, 5:34 pm © Supplied by Roddie Reid April Fool’s day can fill many people around the country with dread and doubt over what is real and what isn’t. Although many of the jokes today have been very obvious, here’s a round-up of the best and worst spoof stories that have caught Scots out throughout 1 April. Aberdeen FC dreaming up plans for Pittodrieland theme park Aberdeen fans were left scratching their heads after the Evening Express “revealed” the football team’...

Youngsters inspired by community larder set up their own Haven at nursery school © Supplied by The Haven The Haven Community Larder in Stonehaven is bracing itself – it now has a competitor. After being impressed by the work going on at The Haven’s community larder, youngsters at Mill O’ Forest Nursery have set up their own “Mini Haven”. Attendees at the nursery in the town’s Woodview Place created their own larder which became an excellent learning resource for the children. “In...

Updated: April 1, 2021, 12:48 pm © Shutterstock Feed Xinhua/Shutterstock Dundee City Council have urged members of the public to remain cautious as the Easter weekend rolls closer. While the holiday usually serves as a chance to meet with relatives, roll eggs in local parks and hold barbecues, this year the council are recommending a more moderate approach to celebrations. Residents have been asked to avoid busy spaces and plan their celebrations in advance, as well as sticking to social dista...

Police are appealing for information after a large amount of construction equipment was stolen from a farm in Blackford, Perthshire.

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Man given fixed penalty notice after collision on Standing Stane Road in Fife Updated: April 1, 2021, 9:07 pm © Wullie Marr A main road in Fife was closed for almost two hours earlier following a two-vehicle collision. The A915 Standing Stane Road, which connects Leven and Kirkcaldy, was shut by police after the incident around 5.20pm. A recovery vehicle was seen at the scene of the incident around 6pm. A Police Scotland spokesman said: “We were called to a report of a two-car crash on the S...

© SYSTEM Dundee-based Kerr’s Family Dairy will add jobs and move premises due to soaring demand for milk deliveries. The firm has seen a huge increase in demand for its doorstep delivery services during the pandemic. It now supplies more than 60,000 glass bottles of milk to thousands of customers in Dundee and Aberdeen every week. Kerr’s Dairy products. Kerr’s has now set its eyes on an extensive expansion across the north-east. It plans to purchase and relocate its main operations to a ...

Hot tub sales and hires soar as Tayside families ease away lockdown stress and plan for summer in the garden © Shutterstock Business is booming for hot tubs sales and rental companies as families and couples across Tayside and Fife prepare for a summer at home. David Torrance, sales manager for Hydropool Scotland, based in Dundee and Glasgow, says sales of hot tubs are up at least 200% in the last year. Another local operator reported selling more than 60 tubs a week in March. David says: “T...

© Supplied by Oliver Elwell. Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up An offshore worker has gone to desperate lengths in a bid to sort out his overgrown barnet as he isolates in an Angus hotel by offering a reward for a delivery of hair gel. Oliver Elwell has been cooped up in quarantine at the Park Hotel in Montrose, where he’ll set off on a vessel to Norway on Friday for a four-week stint. But disaster struck wh...