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Brexit: Meet the EU nationals having to apply to stay in Tayside and Fife
Millions of EU nationals who live and work in the UK will have to apply to stay in post-Brexit Britain from this week.
Sixty bank branches culled in Tayside and Fife in eight years
A third of bank branches in Tayside and Fife have closed over the last eight years, according to new research.
Here’s how many people in Tayside and Fife have signed the petition to revoke Article 50
An online petition urging the UK Government to cancel Brexit has passed five million signatures.
Fife worker registrations down by a third as SNP warn of Brexit-fuelled staff shortages
Fears have been raised that Brexit is leading to major staff shortages after worker registrations fell by nearly a quarter in Tayside and Fife.
Nicola Sturgeon holding fire during Brexit impasse on ‘inevitable’ Indyref2
Nicola Sturgeon has said another independence vote will happen - but will not lay out her referendum plans while the Brexit deadlock continues.
Dundee drug deaths findings are key to national response, says Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon says she is waiting for a Dundee inquiry to publish its findings before taking fresh action to tackle Scotland’s drugs death crisis.
Revoke Article 50 petition reaches ONE MILLION signatures – see how many backed it in your area
A petition demanding that Brexit is stopped has reached one million signatures - including thousands in Tayside and Fife.
Michelin staff to get individual redundancy packages worth up to £110,000
Long-serving Michelin staff in Dundee will receive six-figure sums from the factory’s closure, The Courier can reveal.
Dundee’s stalling progress on pupil attainment ‘cannot be fully explained by funding and deprivation’
Dundee is making the slowest progress in Scotland for improving attainment at secondary schools, according to an analysis by a council watchdog.
Beavers secure protected status as Environment Secretary refuses to send ‘kill squads’
The Environment Secretary ridiculed a plan to send “kill squads” to deal with Tay beavers before MSPs backed her controversial reform to give them protected status.
