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Dundee have won promotion to the Premiership after defeating Kilmarnock at Rugby Park, with goals from Danny Mullen and Lee Ashcroft

Dundee FC boss James McPake is over the moon after leading the Dark Blues back to the Premiership after a play-off win over Kilmarnock.

© Kris Miller The Signal Tower Museum, one of Arbroath’s most popular tourist attractions is to reopen next week following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Operated by Angus Alive, the Signal Tower Museum, located near the town’s picturesque harbour, enables visitors to discover the story of the Bell Rock Lighthouse designed by the famous engineer, Robert Stevenson, as well as an insight into Arbroath’s fishing and maritime past. Some changes have been made ahead of re-opening to ens...

Updated: May 25, 2021, 1:42 pm © Supplied by DCT Design To go with story by David Walker. Graphic content Picture shows; Graphic content. n/a. Supplied by DCT Design Date; Unknown 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 A Peterhead woman has been banned from owning dogs for four years after failing to look after her terrier p...

By Readers Letters © Chris Sumner/AberdeenJournals While Aberdeen city councillor Claire Imrie praises ACC’s 18-month mental health support initiative to maintain and enhance the mental health and wellbeing of staff (EE, May 15), this doesn’t reflect the mood at ACC’s headquarters at Marischal College. Lots of ACC housing staff are “overworked” and are “at breaking point” due to cuts in services, increased workloads and the pandemic, with the threat of strike action on the ...

Updated: May 25, 2021, 12:25 pm © Darrell Benns/ DC Thomson 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 An Aberdeen man has admitted telling a woman he was “ready to stab” her after she tried to break it off. David Guyan sent dozens of threatening messages to his victim when their relationship soured after it was revealed he ...

Across the country, 16,421 people received their first dose of the vaccine on Monday, while 29,035 Scots were given their second dose. With the total number of doses of vaccine being given now topping five million, Ms Sturgeon said this was a “fantastic milestone” and also a “massive logistical achievement for all of our vaccination teams across the country”. However, she confirmed Scotland is experiencing a rise in cases, noting that over the last 16 days “case numbers albeit from a ...

Updated: May 25, 2021, 10:56 am © SNS Group John Nelms insists Dundee intend to be “up there with the big boys” following their promotion to the Premiership. The Dens Park outfit swept aside abject Kilmarnock 4-2 on aggregate to end their two-year exile from the top-flight. And managing director Nelms is adamant that, along with owner Tim Keyes, they have no intention of simply making up the numbers next term. Back in the big time: Dundee “We’ll take a breath and then see what we need ...

The Western Isles coastguard team has been working to ensure the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine continues smoothly.

Updated: 25/05/2021, 6:33 pm © DCT Media/Scott Baxter A north-east couple who have returned from living overseas will launch Aberdeen’s first independent food delivery app focused on supporting local businesses. Aberdeen Eats is the brainchild of husband and wife team Fraser and Alison Scott, who, after living away from the city for seven and a half years, want to do something to help support the local community and independent firms. Launching their food ordering app and website in the comi...