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'Shame on the lot of them' — Arbroath and Cowdenbeath fans clash at Gayfield
Police raced to Gayfield on Saturday after a wild west-style brawl broke out between Arbroath and Cowdenbeath football fans. (...)
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Dundee City Council planning new support for staff suffering domestic abuse
Dundee City Council is set to adopt a new policy to deal with gender-based violence affecting its employees. (...)
'The community has a right to be protected' — Blairgowrie teenager locked up for unprovoked attack
A Blairgowrie teenager has been detained for seven and a half months in a bid to protect his community from violence. (...)
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Courier probe reveals shocking threats faced by parking wardens
A Perthshire parking warden was pinned between a car and a van after trying to write a ticket, while another's family was threatened by a furious motorist. (...)
Abusive partner told police he had been 'toy fighting'
A man who drank half a bottle of whisky before attacking his partner later told police they had just been ''toy fighting''. (...)
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'It is never the victim's fault' — new festive campaign to tackle problem of domestic abuse
An Angus domestic abuse campaigner has warned alcohol is no excuse for hitting a woman. (...)
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Forfar pubs team up to counter anti-social behaviour
Forfar hostelries joined the Angus Pubwatch scheme this week. (...)
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Crail funeral for St Andrews University terrorism expert Professor Paul Wilkinson
One of the world's leading experts in the study of global terrorism and political violence is being laid to rest in Fife today. (...)
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Taxi drivers under constant threat of violence
Dundee taxi drivers work under the near constant threat of violence from drunken customers. (...)
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David Cameron pledges to get tough on rioters
David Cameron has unveiled tough new measures to crack down on rioters as MPs returned to parliament to debate the crisis. (...)
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'Shocking' number of attacks on Fife and Tayside ambulance crews
Ambulance crews in Tayside and Fife have been assaulted more than 50 times in the past three years — figures described as both "shocking" and "unacceptable". (...)
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Reports of religious hate crimes triple in Fife
A sharp rise in the number of religious hate crimes recorded in Fife in the past year has been put down to improved reporting systems in place across the region. (...)
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Tayside's religious hate record revealed as anti-sectarian legislation prepared
Religious hate crimes have been reported to Tayside Police at an average rate of one each month since the start of 2009, according to new figures released by the force. (...)
Brechin feud ended with man stamping on enemy's head in bed
A serial offender who forced his way into another man's home before stamping on the head of his sleeping victim has been jailed for four months. (...)
Scott Harper ordered to pay £6000 for breaking man's jaw in Forfar assault
A man whose Angus street assault left his victim with a broken jaw and cheekbone was ordered to pay £6000 compensation for the vicious attack. (...)
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Tayside and Fife's football grounds see 32 arrests this season
Some 32 football supporters — including one as young as 15 — have been arrested while attending matches in Tayside and Fife this season. (...)
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Six-point plan agreed to tackle Old Firm-related violence
Players and officials will face charges if they commit a criminal offence on the football pitch, one of Scotland's most senior police officers has insisted. (...)
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Reception promotes White Ribbon Campaign against violence
Around 50 men from the Dundee area who take an active role in challenging violence against women attended a civic reception in the City Chambers this week. (...)
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High number of attacks on parking wardens across Perthshire
A furious driver threatened to shoot a parking attendant as he was being given a ticket, while another drove her car at the warden forcing him to jump onto the pavement. (...)
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Victim of vicious Dundee attack says he thought he was going to die
A Dundee man says he thought he was going to die when a gang of teenagers attacked him in a brutal and unprovoked late-night assault. (...)
