DESPITE A glorious summer of sport last year, including the gold medal exploits of ‘the face of the Olympics’ Jessica Ennis, teenage girls are being put off exercise because they think it isn’t feminine, according to research at Dundee University.
We reveal that researchers fear girls are getting a distorted message about what is good for them including the belief that cutting fat from their diet means they don’t need to exercise.
The Courier will also reveal the potential cost of outstanding equal pay claims against the NHS in Fife and Tayside. In all there are more than 600 cases to be settled, with just 10 resolved in the last four years.
Also on a health theme, we will reveal how fresh cuts to emergency surgery at Perth Royal Infirmary have sparked fears for patient safety.
On a happier note, we report how Scotland could be set for a bumper year for tourism, thanks in part to none other than James Bond.
And we reveal which music legends will appear as headline acts at this year’s Perth Festival of the Arts.
