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Filming for Hollywood movie Tetris begins in Aberdeen Updated: 19/02/2021, 4:30 pm Filming for Hollywood movie Tetris has begun in Aberdeen today. Classic Russian cars have been spotted in Tillydrone Avenue as parts of the city are transformed into Soviet-era Russia. Please enable Javascript to view this gallery © Kath Flannery/DCT Media © Kath Flannery/DCT Media I’m in my home city of Aberdeen shooting the Tetris movie which is set in Japan / Russia, and Stan & Ollie is also on BBC 1 tonig...

Perthshire man who spent 65 days in coma following crash with deer reunited with paramedic © Supplied by Supplied Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up An Auchterarder man who spent 65 days in a coma after his car collided with a deer has been reunited with a paramedic who helped save his life. Willie Dowie was 59 when a roe deer landed in the open-topped sports car he was driving three years ago, the hooves of th...

Updated: February 19, 2021, 6:30 pm © University of Dundee Work on a Dundee University project which could create 280 new jobs has been given the official go-ahead. The Tay Cities Biomedical Cluster project, led by the university in partnership with NHS Tayside, was signed off by the Tay Cities Region Joint Committee on Friday. The project, which has received initial funding of £25 million as part of the Tay Cities Deal, will help the post Covid-19 recovery through the development of new medi...

Updated: February 18, 2021, 9:37 am © Shutterstock / Alinute Silzevici Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Loch Ness has topped a public vote for Britain’s most stunning views. The home of Nessie was one of five Scottish locations to feature in the list compiled by researchers for LNER. The study shows 27% of Brits polled consider the views across the 23-mile fresh water loch their favourite. Ben Nevis Ot...

Fears the golf-loving paedophile may return She is concerned the predator may return to his Perthshire home where he would be around youngsters at his local golf club. “I think that the people who live in the area should be warned what this man is as he will eventually get out and return home,” she said. “He is also a very keen golfer, so the local golf clubs should be alerted, especially those who have junior members. “This man has ruined lives, the consequences of which still affect t...

© Dimitris Legakis/Shutterstock Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A witness to a Perthshire paedophile’s horrific sex abuses in the 1970s has warned his community that he is a “narcissistic sociopath” who will never change. Ian Scott, 74, was sentenced to six years in prison for raping a child and sexually abusing a young female nearly 40 years ago in Gwent, Wales. Another witness, who must remain anonym...

Updated: 18/02/2021, 3:35 pm © EVENING EXPRESS Prezzo at Marischal Square will close permanently in another blow for Aberdeen’s city centre. The Italian restaurant chain announced a raft of cutbacks earlier this year due to Covid leading to them falling into administration. A total of 22 sites will shut across the UK, with more than 200 jobs lost. It is understood that Prezzo in Union Square will remain open. © Supplied by Fiona Murray Debenhams will not reopen after lockdown Aberdeen’s c...

Chris Dodds from Bridge of Earn speaks out about what life is like working as a contact tracer in Tayside during the coronavirus pandemic.

Man to stand trial over fatal road accident in Kirkcaldy © SYSTEM Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A 52-year-old man is to stand trial over an accident which resulted in the death of a pedestrian in Kirkcaldy. Ewan Mackinnon, of Ravenswood Drive in Glenrothes, will appear in court later this year over the incident in Hayfield Road, which claimed the life of 56-year-old Robert Townsley. Mackinnon has denied a ...

© Sandy McCook / DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up An island college is launching a three-year strategy to help revitalise the Gaelic language, culture and heritage. Lews Castle College UHI (LCC UHI) in Stornoway plans to embed Gaelic into new courses to develop language skills and learning. It will also work with community groups and public bodies to use the language as an economic driver and p...