THE RELEVANCE of Remembrance Sunday is being lost on most young Scots, a new poll commissioned by a Fife company has suggested.

A PEDESTRIAN was last night killed crossing a notorious stretch of road on the outskirts of Pitlochry.

LLOYDS TSB will disappear from Scottish high streets as a result of plans to break up the UK’s two part-nationalised banks because of European competition rules.

ST ANDREWS is accustomed to the world spotlight, but in 48 hours’ time it will be international finance rather than golf that will hold the world’s attention there.

MUSIC STAR Calvin Harris is used to crowds at his gigs going crazy— but he had a reaction he wasn’t expecting in Dundee last night when he was caught in the face by a flying shoe.

A FIFE man accused of causing the death of a 67-year-old woman, described losing control of his car in a recorded interview with police which was shown to jurors at the High Court in Dundee yesterday.

TWO BULGARIAN women who carried out a string of thefts in Dundee and Angus, stealing purses mainly from the elderly, were yesterday jailed, ordered to pay their victims nearly £3000 in compensation and face deportation.

MORE THAN 1000 visitors took part in the first open week held in the Forth Road Bridge’s history.

ONE OF Scotland’s oldest hotels will be banning computer games this festive season in a bid to restore “traditional family values.”

POLICE SEIZED more than 4000 litres of alcohol from under-18s in Tayside last year, The Courier can exclusively reveal.

THE POLICE in Fife are investigating the death of a man at an address in Townhill Road, Dunfermline, on Sunday.

SENTENCE WAS deferred yesterday on a Kinross man who exposed himself to two terrified teenage girls at a disused quarry.

MORE THAN 120 parents in Tayside and Fife chose to teach their children at home last year rather than send them to school, according to latest figures from the Scottish Government.

AMATEUR BOXERS in Dundee have been warned that their careers as unpaid fighters will be ended if they take part in “white-collar” bouts.

SALMON STOCK in the River Earn could be seriously depleted following a blunder which led to around 1000 tons of silt entering a stretch of water near Comrie.

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT officials are set to toughen up their stance with regard to livestock inspections and the keeping of records, according to the Scottish Beef Cattle Association, writes Ewan Pate, farming editor.

DUNDEE’S NEW flagship swimming and leisure development is to receive £3 million from sportscotland as part of the government’s drive to increase participation, improve performance and deliver a lasting legacy from the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

THE PERTHSHIRE property market is showing strong signs of stabilising, as Perthshire Solicitors Property Centre (PSPC) announced yesterday it is “back in the black” for the first time this year.

A DEVASTATED bride has told how she lost thousands of pounds worth of wedding presents in flooding—just six weeks after the big day.

ABERFELDY RESIDENTS are being urged to make their voices heard on the issue of the hydro-electric development on the nearby Urlar Burn as new concerns come to light.

PROPOSALS TO demolish a Romanesque-style church and replace it with a £1 million community centre have been welcomed by residents living in its vicinity.

STUDENTS AND residents in St Andrews are planning a demonstration against the meeting of world finance leaders in their town this weekend.

FASHION RETAILER M&Co has confirmed they will be taking over the former Woolworths store in Broughty Ferry and may take on four new staff.

DUNDEE COLLEGE’S Prince’s Trust Team in Perth this week completed their community project at Craigieknowes nursing home.