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© DC Thomson Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A Fife man was robbed of his wallet and phone as he lay dying at a railway station. Ross Elrick, 31, put his belongings on a bench at Burntisland station moments before his death on January 24. CCTV then captured a man picking them up and walking off with them. Now Ross’s grieving family has appealed for someone to hand the items in to police. His brother Philip...

© Shutterstock / OneSideProFoto Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A new project to support offenders leaving prison is intended to help drive down Dundee’s shocking rate of drug deaths. A Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce was set up to tackle the issue after the country recorded the highest rate in Europe. It has made funding available to provide one-to-one support for offenders leaving prison in Dundee, which ...

Two charged with alleged drug offences after £4,000 of cocaine found in Dundee Updated: February 3, 2021, 11:49 am © Kim Cessford Two people have been charged in connection with alleged drug offences after an estimated £4,000 of cocaine was recovered from a Dundee property. A drug search warrant, which was carried out at an address in Pitkerro Road on Tuesday evening, recovered the cocaine along with a quantity of cash. Various items and equipment used in drug dealing were also recovered. A ...

Our Aberdeen: Addison act paved way for new city homes © Margaret Sweetnam This week Aberdeen City Council announced a planning application has been submitted for 99 homes to be built in Kincorth as part of a major project delivering 2,000 new council houses across the city. It’s now more than 100 years since the passing of the Housing and Town Planning Act, also known as the Addison Act, which was conceived as a way of providing “homes fit for heroes” in the aftermath of the First World...

About 4,500 homes in Huntly and Keith could be without gas overnight Updated: 02/02/2021, 1:52 pm © ABERDEEN JOURNALS LTD About 4,500 properties in Huntly and Keith could be left without gas overnight due to a fault. Engineers from SGN are currently investigating the issue which has left homes in the two towns with no gas supply. The fault was reported this morning, and SGN has revealed that it is “likely” residents will be without a gas supply overnight. It comes as weather in the north-e...

Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up More than three million meals have been provided to residents across Dundee during the pandemic. A total of 3,075,566 meals – or their equivalent in cash payments to families – have been distributed around the city thanks to the efforts of the council, third sector partners and the Scottish Government. Council leader John Alexander said: “The scale of the support has been...

Updated: February 3, 2021, 12:10 pm © Shutterstock / Tana888 Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A 43-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder following a serious road crash in Inverness. The crash occurred in the Merkinch area of Inverness on Thursday January 21 around 9.10pm, as a Mercedes E220 left the road and collided with a building. The road was closed off in the aftermath of the inciden...

New Covid-19 testing site to open at Levenmouth Swimming Pool Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A new Covid-19 testing site is opening in Leven in an effort to improve access for people in the east of Fife. The mobile station will be based in the car park of Levenmouth Swimming Pool and operated by the Scottish Ambulance Service. It will be ...

© DC Thomson Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Positive Covid-19 cases linked to an outbreak which has closed an Angus abattoir have risen to 42. NHS Tayside confirmed the news relating to the Quality Pork Processors plant in Brechin on Tuesday. It follows the closure of the abattoir for a fortnight from January 23 after the virus spread through staff. An Incident Management Team has been put in place. The fig...

Updated: February 23, 2021, 6:06 pm © Shutterstock / Elizaveta Elesina Scottish school children are due to return to classrooms later in February as part of a phased approach to reopenings – with easing of national coronavirus restrictions expected from next month. Nicola Sturgeon made the announcement in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday afternoon, adding that she is hopeful of a “careful and gradual easing” of wider lockdown measures in March. Schools and nurseries have been closed to...