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Grove Academy in top 20 of Scottish state schools
Grove Academy in Broughty Ferry is in the top 20 of Scotland's state schools for exam results — understood to be the best academic performance from a Dundee school since records began. (...)
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Plea for drivers not to abandon cars on main roads
Drivers in Tayside have been urged to help keep the region's roads open by not abandoning their vehicles on main thoroughfares during the snow. (...)
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Hapless shoppers main visitors during Ninewells Hospital's busy weekend
Casualty staff Ninewells Hospital in Dundee worked flat out at the weekend treating frantic Christmas shoppers who ventured into the snow and ice and ended up on crutches. (...)
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Rape of a schoolgirl led to more rigorous prisoner selection
The number of inmates at Tayside's two open prisons has fallen since the Foye Report, compiled after a Castle Huntly inmate raped a schoolgirl in Lanarkshire while AWOL in 2007. (...)
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Lord provost and Labour group leader clash on use of official car
Lord Provost John Letford has accused Labour group leader Kevin Keenan of behaving irresponsibly by making an issue out of an abortive journey Dundee's civic leader made in his official car to Edinburgh Airport. (...)
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Community planned for RAF Edzell site
A 20-year vision to build a new community on the former site of RAF Edzell, massively increasing the number of houses there, was formally announced yesterday. (...)
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Royal Mail's new strategy to help Dundee East
Royal Mail is delivering letters and parcels on alternate days in Dundee East in an effort to clear its massive postal backlog. (...)
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MSP Murdo Fraser backs Saturday courts
Mid-Scotland and Fife Tory MSP Murdo Fraser has supported the possible introduction of Saturday courts to ease overcrowding in police cells and prisons, and to dispense swift justice. (...)
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Complaints against Tayside Police rise by 11%
Complaints against Tayside Police increased last year — contrary to a national trend showing the number of people unhappy with officers' performance had fallen for the first time in four years. (...)
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Dundee University student leader calls for freedom of choice
A Dundee student leader has said that every individual should have the ability to decide whether they want to enter higher education, employment or do voluntary work, and these opportunities should be open to all school leavers. (...)
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NHS Tayside praises staff's efforts in the snow
NHS Tayside have praised the efforts of its staff for maintaining services during the severe weather — outside and inside hospitals. (...)
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Work to arrest Broughty Ferry beach erosion begins
Rock armour protection works to repair the effects of erosion at Broughty Ferry beach will start this week. (...)
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'No glass ceiling' at Dundee City Council: Ken Guild
Dundee administration leader Ken Guild has said the council has no glass ceiling when it comes to employing women and is an equal opportunities employer. (...)
