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Updated: February 26, 2021, 3:46 pm © James Simpson/DCT Media Neighbours have expressed their shock after a young girl was attacked near their homes in Angus during an attempted robbery. Those living in the Ferry Road area of Monifieth have confirmed police were back at the scene on Friday, conducting door-to-enquires. Police Scotland are trying to trace a man who attacked a 14-year-old girl from behind on Wednesday at around 9pm. Police were conducting door-to-door inquires. The man who was d...

© Supplied by Julia Bryce/DCT Medi After launching their own dine-at-home service, Julia Bryce lifts the lid on it to find out if the proof is in the pudding…. Dine-at-home has been one of many new expressions that hasn’t left my lips since the start of lockdown. While ordering takeaway food has very much been one of the only things many people have had to look forward to during this pandemic, this new, more luxurious experience of dining in your own home while enjoying fine dining-esque d...

Dundee staff made redundant as retailer confirms major city fashion shop won’t reopen Updated: February 26, 2021, 6:24 pm © Steve Brown / DCT Media Dundee retail staff have been made redundant in the wake of Nicola Sturgeon’s announcement on the road map out of lockdown. But the deal was just for the brand and website, not the physical stores. Debenhams within the Overgate Shopping Centre. Picture taken prior to Covid-19. The administrators today said it would reopen stores in England, Wal...

John Mallard: Aberdeen professor who helped create first full-body MRI scan dies at 94 Updated: 26/02/2021, 6:26 pm © PRESS AND JOURNAL John Mallard, the pioneering Aberdeen physicist who helped create the world’s first full-body MRI scanner, has died at the age of 94. Under his leadership, a team from Aberdeen University built the scanner, which clinicians used to carry out the world’s first body scan of a patient from Fraserburgh. The machine was used to scan mice originally before movin...

Moreen Simpson: Shopping online godsend for my supermerkitphobia by Moreen Simpson © Helen Hepburn Nearly a year since I revolutionised my shopping and went online. I know because Asda has just asked me if I want to renew my “recurring slot” – that phrase fair tickles me. Apparently, they’re not issuing any new ones meantime, but – for the fee – I’m allowed to carry it on for another year. Deffo yes. Couldna be fashed guddlin’ aboot searching for a decent delivery time an...

Coronavirus: Three new Covid deaths in the north-east among 27 registered across Scotland Updated: 26/02/2021, 2:21 pm © Supplied by Moray Council A further three people across the north-east have died in the past 24 hours after testing positive for Covid. Two of those were from Aberdeenshire and one from Aberdeen. A further 19 people across the north-east tested positive for Covid. The latest data from the Scottish Government show NHS Grampian has recorded 13,422 positive results since the pa...

© SYSTEM Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up EU red tape that has been creating delays to seafood industry exports from the UK is being cut, the Scottish Seafood Exports Task Force has heard. The new group – set up in response to seafood export chaos in January – has just held its second meeting, bringing together key industry figures with ministerial and official representatives of both the UK and Scot...

Dundee can get back to winning ways at Morton insists Peter MacDonald as he reveals secret to success in the Championship © SNS Group Two-time second-tier winner Peter MacDonald knows the secret of success in the Championship. He’s lifted the trophy on two occasions, first with St Johnstone and then Dundee, and he’s backing the Dark Blues to get back to winning ways this weekend. ‘Peaso’ also won League One during his first spell at Greenock Morton and he’s interested to see which of...

Kirriemuir man accused of raping five women by Ciaran Shanks Updated: February 27, 2021, 6:42 pm © DC Thomson & Co. Ltd A man has appeared in court accused of raping five different women over a seven-year period. Logan Doig, 21, allegedly attacked the women at addresses in Dundee, Kirriemuir and Forfar as well as at a university in Edinburgh and in a hotel in Cyprus between March 2013 and November 2020. It is alleged that he carried out his first attack when he was 14 years old. Doig, of...

Hollywood leaves Aberdeen as Tetris filming in the city wraps Updated: 26/02/2021, 7:42 pm © Supplied by Erskine Logan Filming for Hollywood film Tetris has now wrapped up in Aberdeen. Kingsman star Taron Egerton was spotted on the streets of the Granite City which had been transformed into Soviet Russia. Roads across Aberdeen were closed so filming can take place. Today, the action was moved to Gerrard Street, with a number of scenes filmed involving old cars and snappily dressed actors. Tetr...