Angus and Mearns Matters: Fresh perspective called for in maximising use of green gift horses
Interesting aerial perspectives caught the eye last week.
Forfar flower show organisers looking to grow interest in 120th anniversary event
Forfar Horticultural Society has come up with a barrowload of ideas to grow interest in the town flower show for an upcoming milestone anniversary.
Forfar family saddling up for fifth Tour de Tayside in memory of popular ice-cream man Joe
An Angus family is preparing to saddle up for their latest fundraising ‘Tour de Tayside’ in a poignant cycle challenge in memory of their father.
More than £600,000 pledged to save notebooks of Kirriemuir’s original rock god Sir Charles Lyell
The race is on to hit a near £1 million funding target to buy the notebooks of eminent Angus scientist Sir Charles Lyell following an export bar to help keep them in the UK.
‘Greedy’ discount voucher firms blamed for role in closure of once bustling Angus pub
Owners of a once thriving Tayside hostelry have blamed ‘greedy’ discount voucher schemes for contributing to its demise.
Angus Council bin late night refuse collections in major u-turn affecting thousands of homes
Late-night Angus bin collections have been dropped in a major u-turn over controversial shift changes which sparked strike action earlier this year.
Adam looking to keep winning feeling bubbling at British GT Spa weekend
Fifer Jonny Adam is keen to maintain a winning momentum as the British GT Championship heads to its flyaway round at Spa in Belgium this weekend.
Nursing staff shortage causes ‘bombshell’ closure of ward at Strathmartine Hospital
A nursing staff shortage has led to the closure of a learning disability ward at a Tayside hospital.
Forfar leisure centre recommended for sale in report not seen by councillors
Forfar’s controversial Lochside leisure centre was recommended for sale two years ago in a report Angus councillors never got to see.
Work begins on £45k Arbroath pedestrian crossing to end 12-year safety saga
Work is under way on a £45,000 Arbroath pedestrian crossing to end a 12-year safety saga.