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Invergowrie Primary School pupils will continue to be eligible to attend Harris Academy after councillors voted to expand the secondary.

Invergowrie parents have welcomed a proposal which could see their children avoid an hour-long round trip to school.

Retail job losses: Fashion shops in Dundee and Fife to close © DC Thomson Overgate Shopping Centre in Dundee Fashion shops in Dundee’s Overgate Shopping Centre and Dunfermline’s Kingsgate Centre are to close. Online retailer Asos today announced it had acquired Arcadia brands Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge & HIIT. The £265 million deal is for the brands and stock – but not the stores. © PA The Overgate and Kingsgate shopping centres contained Topshop stores. It is the second blow for the Dundee and Fife shopping centres in as many weeks. Last week Debenhams was purchased by ecommerc...

Education: Kinross and Perth High School Career: Human resource manager at the Scottish Office; Perth and Kinross councillor (1988-2001) and leader of Perth and Kinross Council (1996-1999) Political career: Minister for Parliamentary Business (2007-2011); Cabinet Secretary for Government Strategy and Parliamentary Business (2011-2012) Casting his mind back to 1999, when the Scottish Parliament reconvened for the first time in 300 years, the SNP politician said it was a “day of remarkable joy”. “There were people from all over Scotland there. I’ll never forget coming out after the form...

‘Significant blow to retail in Dundee’: Overgate searches for Debenhams replacement © Mhairi Edwards/DCT Media Overgate Shopping Centre is in talks with retailers interested in taking over the Debenhams space. It was announced today that online fashion giant Boohoo had purchased the department store from administration. But the deal does not include any of the Debenhams workers or its remaining 118 stores. Flagship Overgate shop © DC Thomson A closing down sale has been under way since Debenhams entered administration in December. But there were hopes a buyer would take over the store e...