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Two new mass Covid-19 vaccination centres for Fife © Supplied by NHS Fife Glenrothes and Methil will play host to two new Covid-19 mass vaccination sites in Fife. The vacant former Argos store in the Kingdom Centre, Glenrothes and the Savoy Community Centre in Methil are set to become venues for vaccination clinics. The sites are due to open next month, taking the total number of mass clinics in Fife to four. The Savoy Centre in Methil will become a mass vaccination centre. The move sees the h...

Updated: 21/04/2021, 2:45 pm © Supplied Aberdeen has been recognised for its safe city centre – for the eighth year in a row. The city centre was once one of the worst crime spots in Scotland due to drunken revellers, antisocial behaviour and shoplifters but over the last decade, police, business groups and council chiefs have worked hard to erase that reputation. But now, for the eighth consecutive year, Aberdeen has been awarded the purple flag in recognition of the management of the city�...

Self-employed in needofhelp to make a recovery from Covid crisis – FSB © Shutterstock / Joakim Lloyd Rabo Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up New protection is needed to help self-employed people across the north and north-east recover from the Covid-19 crisis, according to a leading business group. Figures analysed by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) show more than 31,000 people work for themselv...

National Trust for Scotland announces staggered reopening of heritage sites Updated: April 21, 2021, 11:30 am © Steve MacDougall/DCTMedia Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The National Trust for Scotland has announced a staggered reopening of heritage sites in its care from Monday 26 April. Sites including castles, houses, museums and visitors centres have been closed to the public since December due to l...

Lane closures and restrictions near Perth as vital roadworks are carried out © DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Five nights of maintenance and bridge inspections at the M90 Junction 10 Craigend Interchange and Friarton Bridge near Perth are scheduled to get under way next week. Teams will carry out maintenance and inspections on the bridges and slip roads of the busy M90 Craigend Interchange and Fri...

Police dealing with ongoing incident in Douglas area of Dundee By Matteo Bell and James Simpson April 21, 2021, 7:27 pm Updated: April 22, 2021, 2:19 pm © Supplied by James Simpson Police are stationed on a street in Douglas as they deal with an ongoing incident. Residents say officers have been at Balerno Place since Tuesday night, with multiple police vehicles stationed on the scene. It is understood multiple people have been arrested at the property. One local resident said: “There...

EXCLUSIVE: Dundee cultural organisations share £1m fund for Covid-19 recovery © SYSTEM Tim Allan, Chair of V&A Dundee, which has taken the lead on the Dundee Covid Recovery Fund. Five of Dundee’s cultural organisations are planning their road out of lockdown, thanks to a £1 million fund. The Dundee Cultural Recovery Fund is a joint enterprise led by V&A Dundee to benefit five organisations in the city, the other four being Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee Heritage Trust (Discovery Point an...

by Readers Letters © Paul Glendell / DCT Media We’ve been reading many letters in Your Voice of late relating to the absolute mess of our city centre. I, among others, have had letters published on this theme dating back at least five years. This decline has not happened overnight, most Aberdonians have seen this coming for years, but why has our council not been aware of this? I recall, at one point, building owners were to be fined for not keeping their buildings in reasonable order....

Election Hub Live: Do people trust the media in covering the Holyrood election? © Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP/Shutterst On today’s Election Hub Live we discussed people’s trust in the media ahead of the May 6 Holyrood election. A number of voters in Dundee shared their thoughts on the media, and head of politics David Mac Dougall spoke to Dr Dominic Hinde, a lecturer in the sociology of media at Queen Margaret University. Dundee voters have raised their concerns about bias in the media and the ...

Emergency services called to scout hall fire in Kirkcaldy Updated: April 22, 2021, 9:16 am © Supplied by Fife Jammers. Emergency services were called to a scout hall in Kirkcaldy after a set of bushes caught fire, with some damage being done to the building. Firefighters were called to Windmill Road at 6.24pm after a small fire in some bushes spread to a building nearby and caused minimal damage. Two appliances and hose reel jets were used at the scene. Nobody was injured and the blaze was qui...