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ScotRail train hits tree on railway between Dundee and Perth Updated: May 21, 2021, 9:04 pm © Gareth Jennings/DCT Media Emergency services raced to a Tayside rail line after a ScotRail train travelling to Dundee hit a tree. The train was stopped in Barnhill in Perth for several hours after the first 999 calls were made shortly after 5pm on Friday. Pictures from the scene showed a tree had went through a window of one the ScotRail train carriages, with passengers describing a “loud bang”. O...

Classmates of an Abertay University student investigated over comments made in lectures prompting a free speech row, say they've been abused.

Dundee analysis: Energised Dark Blues on the verge after dominant first leg against shaky Kilmarnock Updated: May 21, 2021, 12:17 pm © SNS Group After eight long months, 30 matches and more ups and downs than a soap opera, Dundee are just one match away from the Premiership. The weather was wet and windy but there were no dampened spirits after a focused and formidable Dundee performance that saw them dominate their top-flight opposition. Energised by a noisy 500 fans in the stands, the only d...

Highland energy boss named new Archie Foundation patron © Supplied by Archie Foundation Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A Highland energy boss will champion a children’s charity after learning struggling parents of young patients in Raigmore Hospital are having to choose between food and fuel when they visit. But Roy MacGregor, known as the Highland’s “Mr Energy”,  is to promote the Archie Foun...

Warning after 18 motorists stopped for driving too close to undercover police cyclist Updated: May 21, 2021, 6:23 pm © Supplied by Police Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Officers in Fort William stopped nearly 20 drivers as a result of Operation close pass on Friday. Hoping to ensure that drivers provide cyclists sufficient space to travel safely on the road, a new operation has had unmarked police cycl...

Glen Clova Hotel has set out ambitious plans to add more holiday lodges off the back of a soaring demand for staycations around Scotland.

Pilot grounded by pandemic fights back by helping run Covid testing sites Updated: 21/05/2021, 4:34 pm © Supplied by Scottish Ambulance An Aberdeen pilot who lost his job as a result of the pandemic has redirected his efforts to help test people for coronavirus. Commercial pilot Marcus Spinks was one of thousands to lose their job last year. Now he is assisting at the ambulance service’s Altens mobile testing unit (MTU), after hearing about it from a friend. Mr Spinks said: “I was introduc...

© Courtesy Scottish Government/Fli Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has asked people not to gather in large groups to watch Saturday’s Scottish Cup final between St Johnstone and Hibs. She also said from Monday a travel ban will be implemented between Scotland and three council areas in England where there are specifically high rates of coronavirus. There have been no reported...

Inverness funeral procession for tragic whisky shop boss, 47, who died suddenly at work Updated: May 21, 2021, 5:47 pm © Supplied by Inverness Whisky Sho Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A funeral procession will make its way through the streets of Inverness on Monday as friends and family say farewell to popular whisk...

ScotRail train hits tree on railway between Dundee and Perth © Gareth Jennings/DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Emergency services raced to a Tayside rail line after a ScotRail train travelling to Dundee hit a tree. The train was stopped in Barnhill in Perth for several hours after the first 999 calls were made shortly after 5pm on Friday. Pictures from the scene showed a tree had went through a win...