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MARY-JANE DUNCAN: A week with some heart-stopping moments by Mary-Jane Duncan © DCT Media I’ve just woken up from an excellent nap.  The sound of chittering children watching television kept me company throughout and my waking is perfectly timed. I feel thoroughly refreshed and just tired enough to go straight to bed.  The perfect ‘right angle’ crick in my neck is a tad problematic, apparently I’ve been sleeping on the couch under the impression I’m made of pipe cleaners and ...

GINGER GAIRDNER: With compost, you get out what you put in by Brian Cunningham © Supplied by DCT Media One of the most satisfying things when creating my new no-dig veg plots at home, was using up my own compost created from my own garden and kitchen waste. This only made up a small portion of the mix I needed to put together a sort of raised bed 15cm/ 6inches high, 1.2m/ 3.5ft wide and 4m/ 13 foot long, helping to make a concoction that also included leaf mould, soil, half empty bags of...

TV PREVIEWS: Paul Whitelaw celebrates Greta Thunberg and is intrigued by bleak psychological thriller Too Close by Paul Whitelaw Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World – BBC1, Monday, 9pm The world-renowned environmental activist has galvanised millions in the fight against climate change. Towards the end of 2019, she took a year off school to examine the effects of global warming first-hand. A co-production between the BBC and PBS, this vital series follows Thunberg as she travels ...

Morning papers: Latest Scottish and UK news at a glance on April 9 © DC Thomson Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The riots in Northern Ireland have dominated the UK press this morning, as trouble in Loyalist parts of Belfast continued for the sixth night. The disorder began on Good Friday –  probably the most important day in history for Northern Ireland’s fragile peace process. Because Northern Ireland ...

Updated: April 10, 2021, 7:13 am © Royal Family Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Duke of Edinburgh – quizzical, witty and controversial – was the Queen’s greatest source of support, her confidant and the man she relied on above all others for all of 73 years. His lifelong role was to ensure he never let her down and their enduring marriage was one of the world’s best-known relationships. Alth...

Updated: April 9, 2021, 2:39 pm © PRESS AND JOURNAL Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Prince Philip was a keen visitor of the north-east, with the Royal Family often attending the Braemar Highland Games and Gathering. The Braemar Gathering 2014 ;Which was attended by The Queen, Prince Philip and Prince Charles the Duke of Rothesay.Picture by KAMI THOMSON 06-09-14 Balmoral Castle was a holiday home for the...

Hitting the million mark: How three Angus friends stepped up to walking challenge © Supplied by Karen Stormont Getting out for a daily walk has been an important part of lockdown life, enabling us to take time away from our screens and enjoy the fresh air. And it has become much more than that for three Angus women – who caught the walking bug, strengthened their friendship and have done their bit for others along the way. Shirley Inglis, Pamela Manley and Karen Stormont, from Carnoustie, ...

Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up ‘Ungentlemanly’ remarks Dundee woman Charlene Nicoll threatened to torch her partner’s car and burn down a block of flats in the city, Dundee Sheriff Court heard. Her solicitor said she was offended by the man’s “ungentlemanly” remarks during an earlier phone conversation. She yelled: “He cheated. He’s going to pay for that. I am going to burn down the building...

Death recorded in Aberdeen as Covid cases in north-east rise by 34 © Mhairi Edwards / DCT Media An Aberdeen resident is among the six Covid-19 related deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, the latest figures show. Thirty-four new positive Covid-19 cases have been registered in the north-east across the same timeframe, with a total of 285 recorded across Scotland. The daily figures, published by the Scottish Government, now show the north-east’s total now stands at 14,590. Of these new cases,...

Police investigate after dead bird of prey found hanging from tree in Tayport Updated: April 9, 2021, 11:15 am © Police Scotland Officers are appealing for the help of the public after a dead buzzard was found hanging from a tree near West Lights in Tayport. The bird was found by a member of the public on the cycle path from Tayport to Newport near the West Lighthouse on Monday April 5. Fife’s Wildlife Crime Liaison Officer, Constable Ben Pacholek, said: “Our inquiries show that the buzzar...