A businessman behind controversial plans to build a crematorium on the outskirts of Dundee has defended his project.

A footballer who broke a rival’s jaw and knocked him out during an on-field bust-up has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.

Additional investment of more than £320,000 is set to be made to improve play provision in parks across Dundee.

Dundee No 2 Dave Mackay says keeping “outstanding” left-back Jordan Marshall at Dens Park for another two years is a brilliant piece of business from the club.

A caravan park owner has been accused of bullying pensioners into buying mobile homes - and allegedly conned one complainer out of £79,500.

Locals living in one of the city's newest housing developments have slammed brazen vandals who spray-painted their properties.

A victim of a drunken Calcutta Cup thug who dodged prison for a string of assaults outside an Angus pub says she is "fuming".

Breast cancer patients given lower-than-standard chemotherapy doses by NHS Tayside have called on Jeane Freeman to help resolve the "grievous damage" caused by unanswered questions over their care.

A warning has been issued for people to stay off the ice at local ponds and reservoirs.

An 82-year-old woman died after a ferocious blaze ripped through her Lochee home, police have confirmed.

A drug-fuelled thug who overpowered two police officers and attacked them with their own pepper spray has been jailed for 16 months.

Dundee are a different animal now after being “kicked from pillar to post” this season according to midfield lynchpin Shaun Byrne.

Dundee boss James McPake says new signing Paul McMullan will add an “extra dimension” to the Dark Blues attack when he arrives in the summer.

Scotland could face an even tougher lockdown with Nicola Sturgeon considering fresh restrictions on construction, manufacturing and click-and- collect services.

More than three quarters of laptops ordered by Dundee City Council last year to help disadvantaged pupils with home learning are yet to be delivered.

Michael Marra is a Dundee city councillor and a former senior adviser to the Scottish Labour leader. He is standing for election to the Scottish Parliament as a regional list MSP for North East Scotland.

NHS Tayside's Emergency Department teams are encouraging people to stay at home to avoid icy conditions.

Dundee United will be on high alert until the transfer window shuts as they consider whether or not sought-after goalkeeper Benjamin Siegrist is indispensable.

Dundee have snapped up Dundee United star Paul McMullan on a pre-contract deal.

Emergency services were called to a two-vehicle crash on the outskirts of Dundee on Thursday afternoon.

Tayside and Fife is forecast to be hit by more snowfall as Scotland prepares for what could be the coldest night of the winter so far.

The UK Government would find itself in a "very difficult situation" if Donald Trump pays a visit to Scotland around the time of the presidential inauguration, says a leading politics expert.

Letters from school children across the pond full of uplifting messages of friendship have arrived in Dundee.

Eight coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Tayside and Fife in the past day.

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A legal challenge over the definition of the word "woman" has begun at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

Three men have appeared in court charged with attempted murder after an alleged stabbing.

Tayside councils have spent hundreds of thousands of pounds in improving online safety and cyber security research.

Residents living in a rural part of Angus are demanding a reduction in their council tax in a row over their rubbish collections.

A man who bloodied his partner after repeatedly thumping her on the head with a bicycle helmet has dodged a prison sentence.