THE FAMILY of a Fife man who died following a drink-fuelled street attack has branded the sentences handed down to his killers as “an utter disgrace.”

JACK WILDE was killed just 11 months after 24-year-old Craig Archer was stabbed to death at the Glamis Centre in Glenrothes, by a group of men he had never met.

THE CROWN Office and Procurator Fiscal Service last night declined to comment on the reasons for accepting guilty pleas to reduced charges from the four accused.

THE MAN accused—and subsequently cleared—of the murder of Elizabeth McCabe last night revealed he is considering legal action against Tayside Police.

THE ANGUISHED mother of a missing Forfar woman spoke yesterday of her terrible fears for her daughter’s well-being as a full-scale search was mounted in and around the town.

HEALTH CHIEFS have pledged to improve the training of accident and emergency staff at a Fife hospital after the tragic death of a young woman almost two-and-a-half years ago.

WEEKS BEFORE the notoriously inconsistent Scottish ski season was even expected to begin, Glenshee is already hailing its best winter in years.

AN UNEMPLOYED Fife teenager, who admitted having sex with a 12-year-old girl, was sent to detention for 21 months when he appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday.

THE HIGH Court in Edinburgh was told last September how Tracey was attacked and stabbed by a man who called him a “beast” after hearing he had slept with the 12-year-old.

POWER GIANT Scottish and Southern Energy yesterday confirmed that it is to relocate 40 Perth jobs to the west of Scotland.

TWO FIFE men were last night fighting for life after their cars were involved in a head-on collision on the B922 outside Glenrothes.

IT NOW looks unlikely the Forth Road Bridge will be closed to heavy lorries in five years, following the announcement a new bridge is on its way.

AN ANGUS pensioner has made a compensation call to First Scotrail after she and her elderly aunt endured a nightmare trip across Scotland.

ASSURANCES GIVEN to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) in the wake of the NHS Tayside nurses’ uniform purchase may never be known, writes Marjory Inglis, health reporter.

A ONE-EYED, deaf senior citizen caught speeding at almost 90mph on a notoriously dangerous stretch of the A9 near Perth had a cassette blaring and was “in a world of his own,” a court heard yesterday.

PERTHSHIRE WESTMINSTER politician Pete Wishart last night reacted with anger to lack of action on ticket touts, following chaotic scenes concerning the sale of briefs for this year’s T in the Park music festival.