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Places reserved for pupils arriving mid-term to be removed from two Dundee schools Updated: March 5, 2021, 9:42 am © DC Thomson School places reserved for children arriving halfway through the term are to be removed at two Dundee schools, and reduced at a third. Dundee City Council’s children and families committee will be asked next week to approve how many school places are to be reserved for new children starting after August 2021 at each school in the city. Should the proposed plan be ap...

RGU to head up investigation into long Covid treatments © Shutterstock Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Researchers from Robert Gordon University (RGU) are embarking upon a £300,000 study to find the best methods for treating long Covid. Working with counterparts in Stirling, they will investigate the models currently used by physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other health professionals. It i...

New pop-up Covid-19 testing centre opens to serve Levenmouth community Updated: March 5, 2021, 5:15 pm © Supplied by Balhousie Care group A new pop-up community testing site for people without Covid-19 symptoms opened in Levenmouth on Friday. Community testing sites, including the latest one at the Savoy Centre in Methil, provide testing for members of the public who have no symptoms associated with coronavirus but who could be infectious and spreading the virus to others unknowingly. The cent...

Buckfast-carrying armed robber disguised behind plastic bag mask jailed after botched Perth bus heist by Gordon Currie Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A bungling robber cut eyeholes in his Buckfast shopping bag to use it as a mask when he tried to carry out an armed heist on a Stagecoach bus. Hapless Stephen Robertson was found guilty after a jury failed to be fooled by the makeshift disguise he fashion...

Updated: March 5, 2021, 9:42 am © Mhairi Edwards An aspiring teenage actress got her first taste of on-screen success when her dad’s Perthshire diner was transformed into a movie set twice during lockdown. Gabi Farquharson, 14, secured cameo appearances in two upcoming films, Pramsnatcher and A90, which were shot at The Horn restaurant over the past few months. The Dundee High School pupil has already appeared on stage at Perth Theatre and the Gardyne Theatre but the lockdown shoots were her...

SPONSORED: How John Lewis is helping customers transform living spaces on lockdown by Sponsored Content © Supplied by John Lewis Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Shopping was always such an enjoyable experience, where we could search for products, touch and feel the fabrics, and speak to the in-store experts face-to-face – that may seem like a long time ago now. But, for customers of John Lewis A...

Residents in Keith and Huntly have been left without a gas supply again this morning. SGN reported that properties in both towns have no gas.

Offers over £234,000: Light and bright family home in convenient but peaceful setting Updated: 05/03/2021, 2:30 pm © Raeburn Christie Clark Set in a quiet and peaceful cul-de-sac and with woodland walks on the doorstep, this stylish Aberdeen property has been home to the Mackay family for more than five years. With restrictions on travel in place, Clare, her husband Douglas and their children Macaulay and Georgina have enjoyed being able to go on walks to Hazlehead Park and neighbouring woodl...

Two men jailed after being caught with £160,000 drugs in Aberdeen by Reporter Updated: 05/03/2021, 9:42 am © DC Thomson & Co Ltd Two men caught trafficking cocaine in Aberdeen have been jailed for a total of eight years. Jed Duncan, 25, and Robert Burns, 27, were snared as part of an undercover police operation targeting a serious crime gang in the city. DNA evidence linked Burns to seizures of cocaine worth £161,000, and similar forensic evidence showed Duncan had handled £36,000 of ...

Updated: March 5, 2021, 2:09 pm © Supplied Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A loving mum has opened up about her heartbreak, after her five-year-old was diagnosed with a rare life-limiting condition. Danielle Cresswell, from Whitehills, said she is determined to give her daughter Abbie “the best life possible”, after they discovered the pupil was suffering from type three juvenile Batten Disease. Th...