We have the story of a van driver found guilty of killing a motorcyclist in Fife. A jury took less than 30 minutes to reach its verdict after hearing how the accused said: “I should have known better, I’m a biker myself.”
The managing director of the prestigious Gleneagles complex is looking ahead to next year’s Ryder Cup – and is sure it will be an event to remember.
A Courier Country mum of four who watched in horror as a fatal smash occurred right in front of her eyes pays tribute to the victim and relives her terror on the fateful morning in question.
Adventurer Mark Beaumont was amazed to learn the boat he was forced to abandon during an ill-fated cross-Atlantic rowing attempt had been salvaged on the Florida coastline. He tells us all about his emotions on learning of the find.
A Perthshire man is facing an allegation of trying to smuggle £1 million into the UK – full story in The Courier.
The legend of the Beast Of Balbirnie a terrifying creature that stalks woodland in Fife has mystified, intrigued and confounded for over a decade. We report on the latest dramatic twist in the enduring tale.
Meanwhile, a famous flying Winkie is set to be celebrated in Tayside. Read all about it in The Courier…
In sport our writers Ian Roache and Craig Smith will be reporting from Gordon Strachan’s first game in charge of Scotland against Estonia.
On the domestic front, Brian Easton admits Dundee are near to do or die time in the SPL, while Dundee United keeper Radoslaw Cierzniak wants to see home wins become a habit at Tannadice.
There’s our weekly Six Nations column from rugby correspondent Steve Scott, and Olympics correspondent Norman Watson looks at who may be representing Team GB in the Winter Olympics, which are now a year away.
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