Pupils urged to take advantage of heart screening offer
A Perthshire couple who lost their son to an undetected cardiac condition have urged youngsters to sign up to a heart screening day being held in Aberfeldy next month. (...)
Minister advises against attending private firm's health clinics being held at her church
A Dundee minister has advised people not to attend a health screening clinic organised for her own church. (...)
Award-winning You've Been Trumped comes to the DCA
For a film Donald Trump branded "a failure" and Creative Scotland refused to finance, You've Been Trumped is doing rather well, winning two major film festival awards. Ahead of its week-long run in Dundee, its director Anthony Baxter spoke to The Courier. (...)
DCA holds chess tournament ahead of Bobby Fischer film
Chess fans gathered at Dundee Contemporary Arts for a tournament to mark the screening of a documentary about one of the most talented, and most troubled, players of the game. (...)
Aberdeen premiere for You've Been Trumped
An Angus production company's film on the residents fighting Donald Trump's £750 million golf development in Aberdeenshire is to receive its Scottish premiere this month. (...)
Outrage after trees felled for work on Forth replacement crossing
A Rosyth woman is angered that trees have been axed outside her home as part of work for the new Forth road bridge. (...)
Mothers-to-be given new Down's syndrome test
Expectant mothers in Tayside are being offered an earlier test for Down's syndrome as a new programme of pregnancy screening rolls out across the region. (...)
Heart disease and stroke project welcomes 2500th volunteer
A Dundee University-led research project trying to prevent two of Scotland's biggest natural killers has recruited its 2500th volunteer. (...)
Tayside shows up well in screening figures
Tayside is beating the national average for the proportion of women undergoing routine screening for breast cancer. (...)