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Ginger Gairdner: Hedging bets on creative boundaries by Brian Cunningham Brian Cunningham is getting creative when it comes to dealing with boundaries in the garden. Whenever I can I always like to use plants as solutions to gardening problems especially when needing to create division and define boundaries. Don’t get me wrong you can get some beautifully constructed walls perfect for tucking plants in such as you would find in an alpine garden, or up and on that of a walled garden wher...

by Paul Whitelaw © Supplied Courier TV critic Paul Whitelaw takes no prisoners this week as he gives his verdict on programmes including The Fall of a Tabloid King, Why is Covid Killing People of Colour and The Terror. Max Clifford: The Fall of a Tabloid King – Channel 4, Monday, 9pm This excoriating documentary delves into the sordid cesspit of Clifford’s life. The now dead publicist was a vile human being: an amoral hypocrite, bully and narcissist. A psychopath. A pervert. A paedop...

Dundee rapper has no plans to slow down as he releases latest track ahead of the launch of his EP next month © Supplied by Picture credit 1250t A city rapper is showing no signs of slowing down as he has released his new track, his third since he was released from prison last year. Dane Carroll, who raps under the alias Metagold, has been turning his life around following his release from HMP Perth. His latest release, Baker’s Wife, is one of the songs which will be featuring on his upcoming...

NATURE WATCH: kites flying high © Shutterstock / Alec Taylor Wander down any of the small roads to the west of Aberdeen around Garlogie, Echt or Drumoak, or take a drive from Inverness to Dingwall, and there is every chance you will spot a medium-sized bird of prey soaring on slender wings and using casual flicks of its deeply forked tail to give direction and purpose. It is a red kite, a wonderfully graceful bird that has returned to its former haunts in the north thanks to an ambitious reint...

Babies of Lockdown: How life has changed for new parents over the past year by Nora McElhone © Supplied Becoming a parent is an exciting and sometimes nerve-wracking time but Covid restrictions have brought new challenges. Nora McElhone found out how some local mums have coped with welcoming new babies during lockdown. Alice Marra and Colin Reid welcomed baby Angus Reid-Marra to the world in April 2020. Alice, 41, is a musician from Dundee, where she lives with husband Colin and their li...

A stretch of road near Westmuir, Angus has been transformed this week, with vodka bottles and beer cans dangling from trees, puzzling locals

© Steve Brown / DCT Media Graham’s Dairy described a Green MSP’s comments as “irresponsible and uninformed” after he branded the company a “nightmare neighbour”. Scottish Green MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife Mark Ruskell says the company’s site at Glenfield Industrial Estate in Cowdenbeath is causing “misery” for local residents because of noise nuisance. Planning row The Glenfield facility is currently subject to a controversial planning application for a bioenergy plant. It ...

by Sponsored Content © Shutterstock Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Gordon Steele, partner and head of deals in the Aberdeen office of Anderson Anderson & Brown, discusses finance options for developers. The construction sector has seen a sustained period of challenge following weak output in the second quarter of 2020. In those early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, many of the funding challenges...

Glenshee and Strathardle Tourist Association is hoping to raise funds to help boost tourism after the coronavirus lockdown

SPONSORED: How to know if you’ve saved enough money for your future by Sponsored Content © Shutterstock Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Graeme Milne, Divisional Director at Brewin Dolphin, discusses how to know if you’ve saved enough money for your future. ‘Have I saved enough money?’ ‘When can I retire?’ ‘Will I run out of money in later life?’ Most of us have asked ourselves at l...