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© Alice Watterson, University of Dundee A University of Dundee researcher has followed in the footsteps of his father to reveal a generation of dramatic change to Iceland’s glaciers. More than three decades on, Dr Kieran Baxter has replicated images taken by his father, celebrated Scottish landscape photographer Colin Baxter, to demonstrate the devastating effects of climate change. © Alice Watterson, University of Dundee Colin and Kieran Baxter. The pair worked together to replicate origin...

NHS Fife to increase Covid-19 testing capacity with new centres Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Fife health bosses are to step up the fight against the spread of asymptomatic Covid-19, particularly in less affluent areas, with the creation of more testing centres across the region. Currently Fife has three Covid-19 testing stations operating in with a fixed site in St Andrews and mobile units in both Glenroth...

Police appeal after two-car crash in Lochee © Kim Cessford Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The incident happened at the junction of Logie Street and Ancrum Road at around 5pm. A white Mini and a grey Honda Jazz were involved and although both drivers suffered minor injuries, no-one was seriously hurt.     Officers would like to speak with anyone who witnessed the collision, or who may have dashcam footage ...

Aberdeen chef encourages public to cook up a roast dinner for those in need as part of kind gesture campaign © SYSTEM The chef is helping cooking duo Wild Scoundrels share their UK-wide campaign of using food to help bring communities together. North-east chef James Olley, who goes by the name of Outlaw Chef online, is calling on the public to get involved in a nationwide campaign called Roast Donation to get more people cooking and looking out for one another. James, who works as a freelance ...

Crash between forklift and bus closes Moray road Updated: 01/02/2021, 12:16 pm © EVENING EXPRESS A Moray road was shut this morning following a crash between a bus and a forklift vehicle. Emergency services attended the incident on the B9011 between Findhorn and Kinloss. The route was closed for about two and a half hours while vehicles were recovered. Police were called out to the scene at about 9.20am, with the road being shut since then. The public was urged to avoid the area if possible. O...

Dashcam appeal as Audi stolen in Crieff is crashed by nocturnal thieves near Perth © PA Wire/Press Association Images 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 Police are appealing for witnesses after a car was stolen in Crieff in the early hours of this morning and crashed near Perth. An Audi A4 was stolen from a property on Murray Place at 2am on...

Updated: February 2, 2021, 8:50 am © Shutterstock / Tero Vesalainen The Caird Hall is to be used as one of several community vaccination centres being created in Tayside as the battle against coronavirus continues. Buildings in Dundee, Angus and Perth & Kinross have been announced as vaccination centres as part of the next phase of NHS Tayside’s Covid-19 vaccination programme. Work is under way to use the Caird Hall in Dundee, Dewars Centre in Perth, Blairgowrie Town Hall, the Atholl Leisure...

Updated: February 1, 2021, 4:48 pm © SNS Group Dundee have the chance to take their academy “to the next level” according to the club’s technical director Gordon Strachan. That’s after the Dens Park club teamed up with the successful St John’s RC High School in the city to host their first-ever performance school, with work starting this summer. Combining education with increased football training through the week, the Dark Blues hope to produce more young players to add to their fir...

The crash involves a Stagecoach bus. A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Officers were called to the B9011 between Findhorn and Kinloss at around 9.20am on Monday, 1 February, 2021 following a crash involving a bus and a forklift vehicle. “Emergency services are at the scene and the road is currently blocked in both directions.” A Stagecoach spokeswoman revealed that they were investigating the incident. She said: “I can confirm the bus involved this morning was operating on our servic...

© SYSTEM Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Three people have been charged in connection with a serious assault in Buckie. A man was injured in an attack in the Anderson Drive area of the town on Thursday January 21 between 2pm and 2.30pm. Officers made an appeal for CCTV and dashcam footage following the incident. Now, two men aged 42 and 41 and one woman aged 33 have been charged in connection with the a...