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Police search and rescue leader welcomes helicopter fleet announcement
A senior member of the Tayside Police Search and Rescue Team has welcomed the announcement that a new fleet of helicopters will soon provide air rescue support across Scotland. (...)
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RAF helicopter rescues woman at Kinkell Braes
A 36-year-old woman was airlifted to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee after a cliff rescue in Fife. (...)
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Driver has amazing escape from 80ft cliff plunge near Lunan Bay
A woman has cheated death after her car plunged over a cliff on to rocks 80 feet below. (...)
A busy weekend for Perthshire mountain rescue teams
Mountain rescue teams were stretched when they were called to deal with three incidents in Perthshire in the space of a few hours. (...)
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Woman airlifted to Ninewells Hospital after stumbling on Seaton Cliffs
The dangers of the Angus cliffs was highlighted dramatically when a 42-year-old woman was airlifted from a notorious danger spot by a Royal Navy Sea King helicopter following a full-scale rescue operation. (...)
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Woman winched to safety in Falls of Bruar rescue
A woman was winched to safety by a helicopter after tumbling 25 feet down an embankment at the Falls of Bruar in Highland Perthshire in an incident which sparked a major rescue operation on Thursday. (...)
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Montrose diver recovering from decompression sickness after weekend accident
An Angus diver has been recovering from decompression sickness following a dramatic sea rescue. (...)
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Diver dies off Methil and another rescued off Angus coast
An investigation has been launched following the death of a diver off the Fife coast over the weekend. (...)
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Mystery solved — late-night helicopter was an RAF Chinook on training
The RAF has confirmed the helicopter that disturbed householders in Tayside and Fife late on Tuesday night was one of its Chinooks engaged in "essential night low flying training." (...)
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Light aircraft involved in near-miss with RAF Leuchars Tornado
Steps have been taken to improve communications between RAF Leuchars and Dundee airport after a light aircraft on a training flight came within 150 feet of a mid-air collision with a Tornado fighter jet. (...)
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Elie whelk picker is plucked from the rocks by RAF rescue helicopter
There was high drama in the picturesque seaside village of Elie as an RAF helicopter swooped to rescue a man who fell while picking whelks. (...)
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Climber in hospital after falling from Polney Crags near Dunkeld
A climber has been airlifted to hospital after falling around 30 feet onto rocks in Perthshire. (...)
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Kinghorn Harbour rescue for drunk man
A rescue helicopter, seven coastguard officers, two lifeboats, police and an ambulance crew were called to the assistance of a drunk man in Fife. (...)
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Lunan Bay rescue prompts councillor's warning to clifftop walkers
An Angus councillor warned clifftop walkers not to "take their lives in their hands," after two men fell 60ft from a path near Arbroath. (...)
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Vector Aerospace bosses unable to provide job assurances
Bosses at Vector Aerospace, one of the biggest employers in Perthshire, have failed to give assurances that jobs at the Almondbank plant are safe. (...)
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EADS takeover means more uncertainty for staff at Vector Aerospace
A multi-million-pound takeover has sparked fresh jobs fears at one of Perthshire's biggest employers. (...)
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Overnight search finds missing Glen Doll walker Leo Fewster
A missing Dundee climber who sparked a full-scale search and rescue operation overnight in the Angus hills has been found safe and well in the early hours of this morning. (...)
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Experienced rambler airlifted to Ninewells after suffering exhaustion
A 50-year-old man has been treated for hypothermia after he was airlifted from the snowy Perthshire hills. (...)
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Captain Lisa Irwin on road to recovery from fall in Afghanistan
A Brechin soldier on the front line in war-torn Afghanistan had to be airlifted to hospital after being injured falling down the stairs of a watchtower while on lookout. (...)
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Missing 81-year-old man turns up after search
A full-scale search and rescue operation was launched in Arbroath to find an 81-year-old man, who turned up in his next door neighbour's flat. (...)
