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Updated: May 6, 2021, 9:26 am © SNS Group Dundee boss James McPake knows the pain of losing in the Premiership play-offs. And he’s determined to do everything he can to help his players avoid a similar fate this season. The Dens boss is currently preparing his Dark Blues for next week’s semi-final against the winner of Dunfermline and Raith Rovers. Thanks to a last day win at Queen of the South, finishing second has afforded the Dark Blues 12 days to prepare for that game. It is time McPak...

Updated: May 6, 2021, 9:26 am © Supplied by DCT Media Plans for a five-storey office block, 16 flats and four retail outlets have been met with a mainly positive reaction by members of the Dundee community. As reported on Monday, property development company Crucible (Dundee) Ltd has lodged an application for an office, residential and retail project across two buildings on land at Greenmarket, at the corner of Marketgait in Dundee. The site where the development is planned. The land, Dundee ...

Hundreds protest against closure of Buchanhaven Aquarium © SYSTEM Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Hundreds of people are fighting to save Buchanhaven Aquarium amid plans to close the attraction – which managers say “died a death” following an initial flurry of interest when it opened. Members of the Buchanhaven Harbour charity will meet on Friday to make a final decision on the fate of the facilit...

© Supplied Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Positioned on the Hill of Banchory, Lochside of Leys enjoys a wonderful woodland setting yet is just minutes from the town centre and 30 minutes from Aberdeen. Bancon Homes has now launched sales of the second phase of luxury homes at this sought-after development. With only two homes currently left for sale, the next phase consists of 78 three, four and five-b...

Dundee water park Foxlake unveils huge expansion © Gareth Jennings/DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Foxlake water park in Dundee has unveiled a £30,000 expansion as it prepares to welcome visitors back after lockdown. The adventure park on the city’s waterfront, which features cable wakeboarding, has added a new spectator seating area, additional changing facilities, and a new kit storage unit. F...

Police bring undercover cyclist operation to Arbroath Updated: May 6, 2021, 12:18 pm © Supplied by Police Scotland A number of drivers were spoken to in Arbroath on Wednesday as part of Police Scotland’s Operation Close Pass. Designed to cut the risks of cycling, the operation is run by police across Scotland as a driver education programme. The programme was deployed in Arbroath on Tuesday, where Tayside Police division said the majority of drivers obeyed the rules. Undercover police office...

Man dies after being found injured outside flats in Dundee Updated: May 6, 2021, 11:58 am © SYSTEM A pensioner has died after being found injured outside a block of flats in Dundee. A major emergency service operation was conducted after a 70-year-old man was found injured on Baldovan Terrace. As many as five police vehicles were on the scene, alongside colleagues from the Scottish Ambulance Service, near to the junction with Pitkerro Road in the Stobswell area. The incident early on Thursday ...

Updated: May 6, 2021, 6:22 pm © PRESS AND JOURNAL Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Boat Race Organising Committee has confirmed that the annual Aberdeen Boat Race will go ahead this year with significant changes to the usual format. Every year, Aberdeen University and Robert Gordon University (RGU) battle it out in a 3.5 kilometer boat race from Bridge of Dee to Aberdeen Boat Club. This year’s race...

Updated: May 6, 2021, 9:25 am © SYSTEM As Scotland went to the ballot boxes this morning, polling stations in Dundee were expected to be quieter than normal after a surge in postal votes. It is understood around 40% of voters in the city had already cast their ballots by post. There was only a trickle of people arriving at Craigiebank Church to vote after the polls opened at 7am. SNP councillor and Dundee City Council’s finance spokesman, Willie Sawers, was in attendance and said: “I have ...

Fife fire crew rescues adorable kitten litter born inside chimney stack © Supplied by Scottish SPCA Firefighters and animal welfare officers were called upon to make an unusual rescue in Fife after a litter of newborn kittens were discovered high up inside a chimney. Scottish SPCA officers were alerted to the ‘cat-ernity ward’ location by the cat’s owner who feared the feline had given birth on the roof of their home in Main Street, Kelty. However it was soon discovered that the five new...