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© Shutterstock / Antonio Guillem On average, 32,000 cases of cancer are diagnosed in Scotland per year, and almost everyone knows someone who has been affected by the disease. Dundee Macmillan Improving the Cancer Journey (ICJ) supports people affected by cancer living in the city. Corrine Ewing, a Macmillan support facilitator with Dundee Macmillan ICJ, explains: “In my role, I support people affected by cancer with any concerns they have – about their diagnosis, effects of treatment or p...

© Supplied by Tatha Gallery, Newport Art college graduates exhibiting at Tatha Gallery in Newport have not allowed their creative talents to be curtailed by the pandemic. Having had their final year of study cut short – as well as missing out on the rite of passage that is a degree show – these 12 artists demonstrate that creativity can continue to flourish even in the most trying of times. Tatha owner and director Lindsay Bennett says the gallery decided to branch out for its first exhibi...

Popular Perth pet store reopens 18 months after fatal fire Updated: March 16, 2021, 12:17 pm © Steve MacDougall / DCT Media A pet store has reopened in Perth after being burnt down in a fatal fire 18 months ago. Queues formed outside Pets At Home on Friday as the store opened its doors for the first time since the August 2019 blaze which also destroyed the neighbouring B&M. Also reopening was veterinary clinic Vets4Pets which is contained inside the Pets At Home complex. Veterinary surgeon Con...

Aberdeen man jailed for starting flat fire which forced elderly neighbours from their homes © Darrell Benns / DCT Media A man who set fire to a pair of curtains at his Aberdeen flat forcing his elderly neighbours to leave their homes has been jailed. Bruce Murray, 59, used a lighter to start the blaze at the city’s Powis Terrace on August 31 2019. Fire crews had to lead many of the residents, who are in their 80s and 90s, to safety as a result of Murray’s actions. He appeared at Aberdeen S...

© Rick Booth A Fife MP who previously worked as a police officer dealing with sexual offences has called on men to “step up” in light of concerns raised surrounding the Sarah Everard case. Thousands of people have taken to social media in recent days to discuss women’s safety after the 33-year-old went missing more than a week ago and is now the subject of a tragic murder investigation. Ms Everard vanished while walking home from a friend’s flat in south London on March 3, with her sus...

Walking the borderline at Lundie Craigs in the Sidlaws by Alan Rowan © DCT Media The light was just rising as I left the car, an early start to ensure a parking spot and make the short border crossing for a wander up to the escarpment of Lundie Craigs. The boundary between Perthshire and Angus has a bit of fun here, twisting between the trees to allocate the two sections of woodland, Pitcur and Drumsuldry, to different counties. It was third time lucky for me as I had attempted to do thi...

I’ve been seeking a new path in life. I’ll go one step further: I have made a new path in life. Yep, it’s a new first for your Uncle Rab. I’ve created a wee path round the back of the garden pond. Feel quite proud of it: a man moulding his environment, master of all that he walks upon.

TV Previews: Paul Whitelaw looks at the tragic tale of Caroline Flack and finds some Comic Relief by Paul Whitelaw © Supplied This week, Courier TV critic Paul Whitelaw previews a sobering insight into the Caroline Flack story, hails the return of Taskmaster and looks at this year’s Comic Relief offerings. Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death – Channel 4, Wednesday, 9pm In December 2019, TV presenter Caroline Flack was arrested for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend. Two months later s...

Harvesting work begins on Tay reedbed less than year after devastating fire © Steve Brown / DCT Media Workers have began harvesting the Tay reedbeds for the first time since they were engulfed in a devastating fire last year. The huge blaze in April 2020 sent 40ft pillars of smoke billowing into the air as the conservation area was torched underneath. Almost two miles of reeds were lost as the fire raged on the riverbank around Errol, destroying the nests of rare bearded tits and marsh harrier...

SPIRIT OF SUCCESS: the companies set up during the covid pandemic © Gareth Jennings/DCT Media Covid brought the economy to a standstill but the entrepreneurial spirit can’t be stopped. Jack McKeown meets the people who set up new businesses during the pandemic.  A time when the nation’s pubs have all been closed for months might not seem the most opportune moment to set up a beer brewing company. Johnny Horn, James Scanlan (affectionately known as “Scan”) and Graham Duff weren’t goi...