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Universities join public health research network
Dundee and St Andrews universities are to join a new research network that aims to tackle some of Scotland's biggest public health problems. (...)
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Alex Salmond ready to target 'bigotry and booze'
Alex Salmond has put urgent action to tackle the twin blights of booze and bigotry at the heart of his priorities for the new Scottish Government. (...)
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Crieff teenager's case seen as providing more evidence of need for minimum alcohol pricing
Health minister Nicola Sturgeon has reiterated the Scottish Government's determination to introduce alcohol price controls after a Crieff teenager was convicted of his first offence after a booze binge. (...)
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SNP urged to seize new chance to introduce minimum alcohol pricing
A leading expert on alcohol abuse in Tayside has urged the new Scottish Government to introduce minimum pricing on drink just months after a previous attempt to do so was rejected. (...)
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Police say fight against underage drinking can't be won without parents' support
The success of a drive to seize alcohol from children in Perth has left police stunned and disappointed by the scale of underage drinking. (...)
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Henry McLeish's stance on minimum alcohol pricing — not an SNP endorsement
Former first minister Henry McLeish has angrily rejected suggestions he backed the SNP. (...)
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English alcohol plan 'humiliates' Scottish Lib Dems and Tories
Plans for the minimum pricing of alcohol, unveiled by the coalition at Westminster, have "humiliated" Lib Dems and the Tories in Scotland, it has been claimed. (...)
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Dundee joint-highest for imprisonment rate
Dundee has the joint highest imprisonment rate in Scotland, according to statistics which show the city is tied with Glasgow for the area with the highest percentage of its population behind bars. (...)
Prison term for Dundee soldier's attacker
A soldier who was fortunate to escape with his life after being slashed across the throat has welcomed the jail sentence given to his attacker. (...)
Fife woman Helen Pheely stabbed husband in the head 'until blade broke'
A woman stabbed her husband in the back of the head with a kitchen knife so hard that the blade snapped off, Dunfermline Sheriff Court has heard. (...)
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