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Salmon farmer Mowi Scotland sets new record for first quarter production © PA Archive/Press Association Ima 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 Salmon giant Mowi has reported record first quarter volumes from its Scottish operations. The world’s largest farmed fish producer said its sites in Scotland delivered 18,273 to...

Updated: May 19, 2021, 8:00 pm © Sandy McCook/DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up As the warm summer months slowly and patiently approach, travel guide Lonely Planet has timely collated the best beaches in the country. And luckily for anyone, who is longing for that one sunny day to escape the crowd and enjoy a tranquil stroll along pure-white sandy beaches with crystal-clear waters, 11 out of the...

Do children fall into poverty or are they pushed? While you ponder the answer, know that there are now 500,000 more children living in poverty in Britain than there were five years ago according to the End Child Poverty Coalition which published compelling new research yesterday. That’s half a million more kids going hungry and without the right school uniform. It’s half a million more children riddled with anxiety, children who society has already determined won’t achieve anything becaus...

Having a core of diehard Dees can help Dundee to promotion says boss James McPake © SNS Group Dundee Football Club have played 1,620 minutes of football in front of empty stands at Dens Park since March 2020. Thursday’s Play-Off Final first leg will be the first time since last March Dark Blues have been allowed through the turnstiles to watch their team. A relaxing of Covid rules means 500 spectators are allowed inside football stadiums once again, just in time for the big match against Kil...

Updated: May 18, 2021, 10:28 am © Supplied by Angus Council Angus Council’s opposition SNP group will contest the 2022 local government elections with a new leader. Forfar councillor Lynne Devine has stepped down from the role with immediate effect following the group’s AGM. She told colleagues she wanted to step aside as she won’t be standing for re-election in May. Monifieth and Sidlaws councillor Beth Whiteside takes over as group leader following Monday’s development. Councillor Be...

© SNS Group Lee Ashcroft knows exactly what is going through the mind of every Kilmarnock player this week. And he’s determined to pile on more of that “horrible feeling” by taking their Premiership place for Dundee over the next week. The Ayrshire club’s 28-year stay in Scotland’s top-flight is under threat after finishing in 11 th place. Ashcroft and his Dark Blues team-mates are that threat as they prepare to unseat Tommy Wright’s side from their spot at the top table. Five year...

© Steve Brown / DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A Dundee dad has been left furious after framed football strips signed by some of the world’s most famous players were stolen after thieves broke into his ‘man cave’. Father-of-two Barry Goodall was in the process of renovating the small outbuilding when the thieves struck in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Six strips were taken, with the in...

Charlie Adam reveals Dundee used Tynecastle trauma as motivation to spur them to within touching distance of play-off promotion © SNS Group Dundee used the humiliating 6-2 opening day thumping at Hearts as motivation to get them to within touching distance of the Premiership. Club captain Charlie Adam made his league debut for his boyhood club that night at Tynecastle but, despite scoring a superb goal, couldn’t prevent a crushing defeat by the eventual league champions. However, he has reve...

Screen machine: Mobile cinema makes a return after lengthy intermission © Supplied by Regional Screen Scot 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 As people in Scotland get ready to go back to the pictures, communities in the Highlands and islands are waiting in anticipation for the cinema to return to them. After a lengthy i...

© Jason Hedges/DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A community garden, new play equipment and a maze with wildlife sculptures are included in a project designed to transform playing fields in Archiestown into a multi-purpose space for the rural community. The Moray village founded in 1760 by Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk has long been a vibrant place to live. And now the Archiestown Village Coun...