The weekend is nearly upon us and we are offering a Friday Courier bursting at the seams with news to entice, intrigue, enthral…and make your tummy rumble.
We have tracked down the very best scone in Scotland and that’s official. Where can one find the mouth-watering treat? And just what goes into lifting such a speciality above the mundane? The Courier has all the answers.
Also, find out if our intrepid and discerning reporter Kirsty Topping agrees with the judging panel following our very own comprehensive taste test.
Residents of Broughty Ferry are having a hoot thanks to the presence of a somewhat unusual pet. Will our report and pictures get you in a flap? There’s only one way to find out…
Bungling crooks who stole a large statue before flogging it for £200 have had their flabbers well and truly ghasted after discovering the piece was worth almost £100,000. Despite the blunder, they have received precious little sympathy in the courts.
A subject much-loved by a group of Perth school children is set to be lost from the curriculum. Find out how the devastated youngsters are taking their bid to save the topic straight to the corridor of powers at Holyrood. Is the subject really being neglected? You can decide after taking The Courier exam…
First Minister Alex Salmond has been in Perth to outline proposals to commemorate the centenary of the first world war. We have all the details.
Meanwhile, our political editor Kieran Andrews has all the latest following our exclusive story warning that hundreds of criminal cases could be in jeopardy following revelations some police staff may not have been qualified to take DNA and fingerprint samples.
In sport, the golf is under way at Wentworth, but the controversy hasn’t ended. European Tour CEO George O’Grady is the latest man to apologise for a comment made.
Steve Scott reports from the BMW PGA about what’s been happening off the course and on it, where a lesser-known Scot is high up the leaderboard.
In football, there’s no end in sight to the reconstruction saga, while there’s news from Dundee United on two of their young stars, the latest from the Dundee boardroom and from Dunfermline manager Jim Jefferies.
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