Illness forced Christina  (Chrissie) Fisken to give up school aged 10 but she taught herself English, maths and French and went on to become a national crossword champion.

A woman assaulted two police officers who had been called to a suspected breach of Covid regulations during a memorial event at her home.

A man has been arrested following a disturbance in Kirkcaldy on Wednesday evening.

A goat that went on the run in Fife and evaded a return to the farm has been found safely after being spotted around town in recent days.

Five years on the events of Dundee United's manic end to the 2015-2016 season are still clear in John Rankin's mind.

As Scotland went to the ballot boxes this morning, polling stations in Dundee were expected to be quieter than normal after a surge in postal votes.

Nature reserve chiefs have condemned “incredibly irresponsible” vandals who have moved safety barriers on Arbroath’s crumbling cliff path.

Voters are heading to the polls throughout the country to have their say in the Scottish election 2021.

An Angus community soup initiative is about so much more than just the food, Brian Stormont discovered.

A serial domestic abuser controlled and manipulated a vulnerable teenager during a secret relationship.

Dundee boss James McPake knows the pain of losing in the Premiership play-offs.

The papers this morning lead with political news as voters head to the polls for the Scottish Parliament elections.

An HGV ploughed into the back of a car at a major Fife roundabout after the driver failed to brake in time.

Perthshire officials paid £50,000 to a wealthy French waste firm after residents put too much "contaminated" rubbish in their recycling bins.

Nicola Sturgeon’s party is still the most trusted to run key parts of everyday life despite being in power since 2007, according to an exclusive, in-depth survey on the state of Scotland's main political parties.

Plans for a five-storey office block, 16 flats and four retail outlets have been met with a mainly positive reaction by members of the Dundee community.

Scottish Tories attempted to distance the party from Boris Johnson as an exclusive poll shows most Scots think he’s unfit to lead the country.

Just before Christmas last year, 17-year-old schoolboy William Morrison had to make the hardest phone call of his life.

Scots will head out to polling stations across the country today to have their say on who should lead Holyrood.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged that culture will be "at the very heart" of the Scottish Government's plans for recovery from the pandemic - should the SNP return to power.

The daily court round-up for Wednesday...

Notts County assistant head coach Maurice Ross resigned after allegations that he made a "racially insensitive comment" to a black player at the club. 

A Perthshire pupil has received top praise from a prestigious Scottish art academy for a mask depicting her grandfather – and local farmer – Jim.

A fundraising effort by the friends of Andy Nixon, who died after taking unwell on an Angus cycle path, has raised more than £12,000 in less than 24 hours.

A man allegedly shouted "corona" and coughed on an elderly woman before stabbing another man outside a supermarket.

Construction of two new Perthshire schools has come a step closer as the future of a third hangs in the balance.

A 14-year-old girl from Fife has been arrested and charged after an alleged assault on a boy in a Kirkcaldy park.

Motorists in Dundee have been reminded that car park charges will return to the city next week.

A leading health expert from Dundee fears many workers could be at high risk of burnout as 'normality' begins to return. One sufferer shares his story.

A defiant Angus car buff is on a collision course with Angus planners over a failed enforcement action appeal.