SILENCE FELL across the city of Dundee at 11am yesterday in tribute to those who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of others in wars past and present.

HUNDREDS OF campaigners fighting to preserve the full-time status of Balmossie fire station marched through the streets of Broughty Ferry on Saturday.

THE FORMER owner of a Fife guest house has died following a fire at her home in Leven.

UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND over the past two years has placed a premium on serviced industrial land in Angus.

A BOY killed in an accident on a Perthshire road on Friday night has been identified as seven-year-old Benjamin Paton, from Peebles.

A MAJOR research project in Fife that will provide jobs for up to 16 people—and mean a massive leap forward in the understanding of human evolution—has just been awarded grants totalling four million euros.

A DAY of early festive cheer and goodwill took place on Saturday at Dundee High School, as almost £2000 was raised for various charities.

THEY CHART the heroism of men from one of Scotland’s most famous regiments, and at a time when the nation’s collective thoughts turn to remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice, a clutch of Black Watch Victoria Crosses have been given a symbolic public inspection.

THE ORGANISER of the first World Indoor Ceilidh and Folk Festival was left reeling yesterday when the two-day spectacular failed to attract Dundee music fans.

THERE WAS more than a mere touch of tartan on show as the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society held its annual meeting in Perth over the weekend.

PUPILS FROM across Dundee gained first-hand experience of laying down the law when they visited the city’s sheriff court on Saturday.

ATTEMPTS ARE being made through Interpol to contact the family of a young Polish man found dead in a flat in Dundee at the weekend.

SCORES OF people turned out for a spectacular fund- raising event organised by Macmillan Cancer Support in the Scores Hotel in St Andrews on Saturday.

ANGUS COUNCIL is to contact HBOS and the government to express its concern that a merger of the bank with rival Lloyds TSB could lead to job losses in the county.

TWO HILLWALKERS who went out on to a Perthshire mountain without a map were rescued on Saturday night.

THE FORMER head of the printing department at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, John Brown, has died. He was 89.

PERTHSHIRE ART Association holds its 57th annual exhibition at Perth Museum and Art Gallery from November 22 until December 13.

A RECEPTION has been held to mark the culmination of events celebrating 125 years of Dunfermline Carnegie Library.

THE COUNTRY’S tourism agency VisitScotland has reached an agreement to bring the national tourism website back into public ownership.

A SLICE of Polish Arts Cafe life was being served up as Lochgelly said Witamy! at the weekend.