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Around 600 people will gather in Dundee tonight for the biggest event in the Tayside and Fife business calendar, the Courier Business Awards.

Fairmuir Park bowling green will become Dundee Unexpected Garden, with a plan to allow locals to grow and share their own food.

© Supplied by Alexander Community Operations manager Kara Swankie, front, with other members of the ACD team. A community group which helped feed thousands of Dundonians during the first lockdown is stepping up to the mark yet again. Alexander Community Development (ACD) has vowed to do everything it can to ensure that no one in the city goes hungry during this latest phase of Covid-19 restrictions. A spokesman for the group said that throughout the first lockdown, ACD adapted quickly to respond to the looming crisis faced by vital food services across Dundee. “Moving into 2021, it is now ...

© DC Thomson A remarkable young Dundee man is all set to don his much-loved Santa suit to ensure others have a wonderful Christmas Day. Kyle Mitchell, who has severe learning disabilities, spent four and a half years in the learning disability assessment unit at Carseview before his mum gave up her job last year to become his full time carer. The 32-year-old is autistic and has other complex support needs that require full time care and assistance. However, despite his own issues, Kyle, who has already won several volunteering awards, will head out with his mum Carina, 57, on Christmas Day t...

Food poverty charity Signpost International hopeful for 2021 transformation Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A Dundee anti-poverty charity will start 2021 with hope for the future as plans have been unveiled for a new food and learning hub. Signpost International will transform its Whitfield Roundhouse Centre next year, including opening a new café using food that would otherwise have been thrown away. Charity bosses have been working fo...