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SPONSORED: Independent Dundee business will help you get on your bike! by Courier Commercial © Supplied by Electric Bikes Scotl The weather is (slowly) starting to get better, restrictions are lifting and we are all ready to get back out into the great outdoors. And if you want to do something a bit different, why not hire a bike? Dundee Cycle Hire Centre is a family run local, independent bike hire shop. The shop is located in City Quay, making the beautiful waterfront area of Dundee th...

Updated: 19/04/2021, 1:17 pm © Courtesy Scottish SPCA Police are stepping up their patrols in Cults following reports of horses having “stones and sticks” thrown at them by a “group of youths”. The incident happened on Sunday evening at around 4.15pm close to Craigton Road, according to officers. A post on social media showed an image of a large group of youngsters with the caption: “At around 4.15 pm this group of youths were caught in a field with horses, throwing sticks and stones...

The Garden House is a beautiful modernist home  with a feature pond and decking. It will feature on the popular BBC Scotland television show on Wednesday. The house is owned by Helen and Ben Gray, who live there with their 15-year old son Zach and three-year old spaniel Soda. The site originally belonged to a large neighbouring house on the other side of the street. “It had been in that family for years,” Helen explains. “Numerous developers had approached them wanting to put lots of hou...

SPONSORED: Downsize to start your dream retirement in St Andrews by Courier Commercial © Supplied by The Walled Gardens The Walled Gardens in St Andrews offers premium retirement apartments and an idyllic lifestyle – it’s no wonder only four properties are left! Who doesn’t like the thought of living out their golden years in coastal bliss, surrounded by a vibrant and picturesque historic town? That’s exactly what’s on offer at The Walled Gardens in St Andrews, which features a...

Dundee pensioners campaign for better education, healthcare improvements and an end to drug deaths © Mhairi Edwards Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A Dundee campaign group is calling for protection of their pensions, the extension of bus passes for use on trains and ferries, the city’s drugs problems to be tackled and investment in education. Dundee Pensioners Forum has prepared a manifesto making the ple...

Time Capsule Project to lock away north-east pupils’ memories of pandemic © Roddie Reid / DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Schoolchildren across the north-east are locking away memories of coronavirus in time capsules and sending them into the future so that their grandchildren can discover what the pandemic was like to live through. Schools across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire are taking part i...

Monday court round-up — A McThief and rig-jackers by Crime and Courts Team April 19 2021, 7.30pm Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up McThief Sammy Townsley admitted the theft from the fast food giant’s outlet in Dunkeld Road. Perth Sheriff Court heard the 29-year-old, of Newhouse Road, also stole DVDs and Blu-Ray discs from the city’s Morrisons supermarket. He was handed a five month restriction of l...

Hotels, museums and drinks companies sign up for conference to boost tourism in the north © Supplied by VisitScotland Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up More than 30 tourism businesses from across the north-east will take part in an event designed to boost Scotland’s visitor figures. VisitScotland’s virtual event Scotland Reconnect will bring more than 330 tour operators and travel agents together to d...

Dundee oil rig Extinction Rebellion hijackers given climate change conference warning © Gordon Currie Fears have been raised a group of Extinction Rebellion activists who occupied an oil rig at the Port of Dundee would cause further trouble at the imminent UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. The activists were trying to stop the rig leaving to carry out work for Shell in the North Sea. TOP RIGHT: two activists on the ladder on rig ‘Valaris 122’ January 6, 2020. Mhairi Edwards/DCT Medi...

Tayside traffic police speak to more than 200 bikers over weekend © Supplied by Police scotland Officers from Tayside Road Policing Unit spoke to over 200 bikers this weekend on the A85 and A93. Police Scotland carried out marked and unmarked patrols of the roads as part of the ongoing Motorcycle Safety campaign. Over 200 bikers were spoken to, with police advising the “vast majority” were riding safely and sensibly. Inspector Greg Burns, said: “As the Covid restrictions gradually ease a...