CHANCELLOR GORDON Brown faced the wrath of the wife of a local civil service worker during his visit to Kirkcaldy yesterday for a Fife Rights Annual Forum.

WHEN A Perthshire greengrocer received a phone call from an international superstar completely out of the blue she understandably thought somebody was probably pulling her leg.

The parents of a 29-year-old Broughty Ferry man killed in a Royal Navy helicopter accident spoke yesterday of their pride in their son.

DUNDEE EAST MP Iain Luke has appealed directly to Prime Minister Tony Blair to look one last time at the arguments in favour of retaining The Black Watch.

AUCHTERARDER’S HIGH Street retailers have been put in the picture about some of the policing arrangements and business opportunities surrounding next summer’s G8 Summit at Gleneagles Hotel.

CHANCELLOR GORDON Brown paid a double-duty visit to Kirkcaldy yesterday.

FALTERING CONSUMER confidence, hikes in energy prices and the fall in the dollar have brought a “pivotal moment” for the Scottish economy, one of the leaders of UK business said in Dundee yesterday.

A HISTORIC feature of the village of Collessie has just been returned to its former glory as a result of an effort involving local and national bodies.

SCOTTISH DAIRY farmers returned to the streets this week with another blockade of the main Scottish distribution depot of ASDA, writes Andrew Arbuckle, farming editor.

A POLICY aimed at curbing the excesses of binge drinking in Perth and Kinross has had to be abandoned following a legal challenge.