FIRST MINISTER Alex Salmond was “cavalier” in his actions over Donald Trump’s controversial £1 billion golf resort development near Aberdeen, a committee of MSPs has found.

AN ANGUS woman who hid £1200 worth of heroin inside her body was described in court yesterday as a “dispensing chemist” who was keeping the drug to avoid her addict boyfriend from taking a potentially lethal overdose.

A YOUNG ballerina was on cloud nine last night when she met dancers from The Moscow Ballet at Dundee’s Caird Hall.

YEARS OF hard work and dedicated campaigning have borne fruit with the news that parts of Perthshire are to be included in the Cairngorms National Park.

FEWER PEOPLE than ever before were killed or injured in accidents on roads in Fife last year.

THE COSTS of re-opening Longannet colliery would be “prohibitive,” the Scottish Government has said.

AFTER LAST year’s no-show, the “will-she, won’t-she” guessing games will no doubt begin again as Amy Winehouse was announced for T in the Park.

THE POTENTIAL for growth at Dundee Airport was clearly illustrated in figures released yesterday by new owners Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd, writes Brian Smith, aviation reporter.

SCOTLAND’S NEWEST visitor attraction opens its doors to the public on Friday, March 21.

A FIFE MSP has demanded the council pull down a “horrendous” £19,000 piece of public art installed without planning permission.

A CONVICTED armed robber found with over £5000 worth of heroin in his prison cell was yesterday sentenced to three years more in prison at Perth Sheriff Court.

AN EXTRAORDINARY collection of 500-year-old English silver coins owned by a former Dundee University professor is expected to fetch nearly £100,000 at an auction in London later this month.

THE NUMBER of court cases being dealt with in Dundee should continue to fall in the coming months, the top prosecutor in Tayside said last night.

SCOTLAND’S EDUCATION system is not teaching young people the skills businesses need, according to the Scottish Council for Development and Industry.

ANYONE WITH any experience of cattle knows that they do not like having their bellies clipped.

THE HUNDREDS of elderly and lonely people who receive the WRVS meals on wheels service in Perth and Kinross will soon have the chance to make their feelings known to the council on the controversial plans to scrap the scheme.

THE DANGEROUS parking habits of workmen at a building site are putting lives at risk, according to a concerned local resident.

PERTH’S NEW £6.5 million school for children and young people with additional support needs will open its doors this month.

THE TROUBLED conversion plans for Perth’s City Hall are coming up before councillors again next month.

A SHOWCASE dedicated to the life of a local woman who became noted for her needlework will be a feature of the Glen Esk folk museum at the Retreat when it reopens on Saturday.