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By Readers Letters © DCT Media We are only a few days into the full opening of Union Square and already inconsiderate drivers are blocking the road leading into Union Square on Market Street. A lady driver completely ignored me trying to get by when she was queuing across the entrance to the bus station, and to make matters worse she was on her phone! Apart from being illegal and really dangerous, it’s totally thoughtless. Why is this allowed to happen? There are cameras there – why ...

© Supplied by Dundee Rep Theatres only exist through the relationship with their audience. Staying connected with the people who turn up in every weather to fill the seats and support productions has been key to planning successful re-openings, whenever those might be. When lockdown began, Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre reached out with “Where Are You Dundee?”, a way to keep in touch with the audience through creative projects. “As a follow-up we put out a call for works that were...

North Street: Elgin city centre road to remain closed to traffic for up to 18 months Updated: 04/05/2021, 1:22 pm © DCT Media North Street in Elgin city centre will remain closed to traffic for another 18 months. Now, Moray Council has issued a new public notice stating that it will likely remain closed until December 2022. It added that the closure was “owing to dangerous building repair works” and that “it remains necessary in the interest of public safety to keep the road closed.” W...

Lawrence Shankland v Kevin Nisbet: How the Dundee United striker can re-ignite Euro 2020 bid with Scottish Cup win over Hibs rival © Supplied by SNS / Collage Shankland and Nisbet As Lawrence Shankland and Kevin Nisbet seek to catch the eye of Steve Clarke and secure their place in the Scotland squad for Euro 2020, there can be no better stage than Hampden Park. The national team will face Czech Republic and Croatia in Mount Florida during the tournament but, prior to those showpieces, both at...

Dundee United have extended the stay of young goalkeeper Jack Newman until the summer of 2023.

A fundraiser started by Andy Nixon to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK has risen by almost £1,000 since news of his passing on Monday.

Travellers set up camp near one of the main entrances to Dundee Updated: May 5, 2021, 5:04 pm © Gareth Jennings/DCT Media The caravans and vehicles parked up at the site. A convoy of Travellers have set up camp near one of the main entrances to Dundee. Around six or seven caravans, along with other vehicles, have parked on the grass verge of Riverside Drive heading into the city. The Travellers are understood to have told council officers, who approached the site this week, that they would not...

Crash on A92 Arbroath to Montrose road causes traffic to be diverted Updated: May 10, 2021, 2:54 pm © Supplied by DC Thomson graphic a Buses are being diverted after an accident on the A92 Arbroath to Montrose road. Stagecoach posted on social media around 3.30pm to say its X7 and 30 services were diverting through Cauldcots due to an accident there. Due to a accident on the A92 at Cauldcots all 30 and X7 services are having to divert through Cauldcots in the meantime, sorry for any inconvenie...

Scott Begbie: There’s no cop-out over how Line of Duty ended © BBC/World Productions/Steffan Hi Watching the gradual build-up of hysterical anticipation to the last episode of Line of Duty, I knew one thing – it wasn’t going to end well. Not the series – but the reaction from fans to how the nailbiting climax to the hunt for H would play out. You see in the days, indeed weeks, before Sunday’s finale, the internet was awash with a fevered frenzy of theories and guesses as to what was ...

One of Dundee's most treasured sons, musician Billy Mackenzie, could be honoured by having a new city street named after him.