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The Scottish Government also gave an update on vaccine figures. 415,402 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 5,538 have received their second dose. Since the start of the outbreak in March,  1,535,986 people in Scotland have been tested at least once. Of these people, 172,953 have tested positive and 1,363,033 were confirmed negative. Support the Evening Express today. The Evening Express is committed to delivering quality content to our communities and right now th...

Fife Piper Conner plays on despite cancellation of Burns Night celebrations © Steve Brown / DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Burns night had a very different feel this year for piper Conner Pratt. The 21-year-old. known as The Fife Piper, is normally inundated with requests to play at traditional suppers across the region. But gatherings to celebrate the Bard’s birthday were either cancelled or mo...

by Allister Thomas Updated: January 25, 2021, 7:14 pm © Supplied by Hunting plc Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up North Sea operator CNOOC is working to tackle a Covid outbreak on board its Scott platform. At least three people on board have contracted the virus, while around 10 others are being quarantined, according to two sources. CNOOC has been asked to comment. It is understood that Covid testi...

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by Michael Alexander © Cheryl Livingstone Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Michael Alexander hears about the night in 1834 when a surgeon robbed the poet’s grave and stole his skull in the name of science While the poetry of Robert Burns is mainly moving, melancholic and thoughtful, studies of his works suggest that the spectre of death was never far from his thoughts with references to epitaphs,...

by Martin Hollis © Shutterstock / catalina.m For brilliant recipes, the best of local produce, fresh ideas and insight, subscribe to our weekly Food and Drink Newsletter. Thank you for signing up to our Food and Drink Newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up This vegetarian Hungarian mushroom stew with cheese and rosemary scones is ‘a hug in a bowl’, says Martin Hollis, executive head chef of The Old Course Hotel. For this dish, the scones are the ult...

Dundee’s Charlie Adam issues warning to Championship leaders Hearts saying ‘nothing is won now’ Updated: January 24, 2021, 1:04 pm © SNS Group Charlie Adam insists nothing is won in January despite Dundee missing the chance to cut the gap to leaders Hearts after a “frustrating” 1-1 draw at Arbroath. The Dark Blues kicked off the Championship’s weekend card at Gayfield on Friday night but were unable to add to their run of three consecutive wins. Their previous outing was a morale-b...

by Katie Paterson and Gayle Ritchie January 23 2021, 11.00am © Supplied Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Our photo archives contain a goldmine of images recording events both great and small in Tayside, Fife and beyond. In our weekly series, Katie Paterson and Gayle Ritchie bring you 10 photos that were in the news exactly ...

Dundee boss James McPake on Arbroath draw: We should have been out of sight © SNS Group Dundee boss James McPake bemoaned his side’s finishing as the Dark Blues were held to a “disappointing” 1-1 draw at Arbroath. The visitors led 1-0 thanks to Charlie Adam’s ninth-minute penalty but let a number of chances slip by in the first half before Ricky Little’s 65th-minute header earned the Championship’s bottom side a draw. Dundee’s failure to win gives Hearts the chance to stretch the...

© DC Thomson Torridon is a mountain walker’s dream, an ancient rock playground which contains some of the country’s finest peaks, writes Alan Rowan. Most head for the Munro leviathans of Beinn Alligin, Beinn Eighe and Liathach, each more of a mini mountain range than a single hill with series of tops stretching along their rugged spines. However, there is much more to this area than the big three. There are rich pickings to be had among the multitude of Corbetts and Grahams scattered amon...