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TEENAGERS JAILED FOR ‘MOLOTOV’ COCKTAIL’ ATTACKS

TEENAGERS from Tayside have been locked up for “Molotov cocktail” attacks on homes in Wales. Yasin Hussain, 18, and Adam Taylor-Morris, 19, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court and pled guilty to three counts each of arson with intent to endanger...

APPEAL TO PUBLIC WHO AIDED ASSAULT VICTIM

POLICE are appealing for members of the public who helped an injured man after he was assaulted in Dundee’s Cowgate to come forward. The 46-year-old was attacked at East Port car park shortly before 4am on Saturday October 24. He was taken to...

‘HE WAS LIKE THE FATHER I NEVER HAD’

A DUNDEE-TRAINED artist has paid an emotional tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart, describing the legendary Star Trek actor as the mentor who helped shape his career and the man he became. Award-winning contemporary artist Frank To said Stewart was far...

JAGUAR XF DESTROYED IN EARLY MORNING BLAZE

A CAR has been destroyed after an early-morning fire in Dundee. Firefighters and police were called to Yeaman’s Lane in the Lochee area of the city at around 7.20am. Neighbours said both the front and rear of a Jaguar XF were well alight during the...

MODEST HERO WHO RUSHED TO HELP ATTACK VICTIM DIES

A DUNDEE man who raced to the aid of attack survivor Linda Mcdonald as she lay fighting for her life in Templeton Woods has died. Peter Connor, 73, passed away earlier this month after a short battle with cancer. He is remembered by his family as a...

JAIL FOR BALCONY THREAT THUG

PERTH man Douglas Robertson has been placed on a four-month curfew, one week after being ordered to complete unpaid work for throwing a TV out of a window. He was freed from Perth prison last week after he was sentenced to a community payback order...

‘I FEAR COMING FACE TO FACE WITH STEVEN’S KILLER’

KILLER TASMIN GLASS GRANTED PAROLE

ANGUS killer Tasmin Glass is set to walk free just seven years into her 10-year prison sentence after her latest bid for freedom was accepted. Glass was jailed in 2019 after being convicted of culpable homicide for her role in the murder of Steven...

KINGSWAY SPEEDING FINES TOP 1 , 000 IN FOUR MONTHS

TWO speed cameras have recorded more than 1,000 speeding offences on a stretch of the Kingsway in Dundee. The 24/7 fixed cameras have recorded 17 vehicles travelling at least double the 40mph speed limit since they were introduced near the Kingsway...

RAMPAGING THUGS JAILED FOR HILLTOWN CHAOS

AN INNOCENT motorcyclist was thumped with a golf club by two rampaging thugs who brought chaos to Dundee’s Hilltown. James Stewart, 29, and James Mchugh, 33, targeted strangers who were unlucky enough to cross their paths. Mchugh was later caught...

RAGING CUSTOMER RAMMED CAR INTO TAKEAWAY

FEARS OVER £15M FUNDING FOR LIVEHOUSE

THE £15 million public funding earmarked for Dundee’s Livehouse venue could have an impact on competition, lawyers have warned. Livehouse is one of several projects to secure cash this year from the Tay Cities Region Deal, a joint £300m investment by...

HELP US ACHIEVE OUR £6.5M DREAM DEPOT MOVE

THE boss of Dundee Museum of Transport says it is making “good progress” in its longawaited move to the Maryfield Tram Depot. Ambitious plans to relocate the attraction to the ageing Forfar Road building were first touted more than a decade ago. The...

GRANDAD’S 10-YEAR TRIBUTE TO TRAGIC TODDLER

THE grandfather of a toddler who was knocked down and killed in Coupar Angus by a speeding driver has paid tribute to his “little angel” 10 years on from the tragedy. He has also praised her family for the “amazing” strength they have shown...

DARK WEB DEALER WAS PAYING OFF COVID DEBT

A DARK web “street dealer” who was part of a major drugs operation from his Angus home has narrowly avoided being jailed. Clutching a holdall, James Davis entered the dock at Dundee Sheriff Court in preparation for a prison sentence. The court was...

TEEN LOCKED UP AFTER KILLING DAD’S FRIEND

A TEENAGER who killed his father’s friend with a knife from his “collection” will be detained for six years. Lennon Hathway, 19, stabbed Alistair Lamb, 38, at his parents’ home in Balunie Terrace, Dundee, on April 18 2025. The High Court in Edinburgh...

FAULTY SMART METER CAUSED FIRE IN FAMILY’S HOME

ENERGY giant OVO has offered a Dundee family thousands of pounds in compensation after a faulty smart meter caused a fire in their home. Angela and Graham Smith were left devastated when a blaze broke out in their property in November 2024. Angela,...

WHY BEVAN HAS BEEN LOVING MOVE TO DARK BLUES

OWEN Bevan has settled into life at Dundee with aplomb. That’s despite failing to make a single senior appearance for twoand-a-half years before signing at Dens Park due to injury. After joining the Dark Blues on a free transfer from Bournemouth over...

BROTHER’S TRIBUTE TO LOCHEE UTD STALWART KENNY

ANTON Brannan remembers his late brother Kenny as a “shy” man – but he wasn’t afraid to cause a stir. “He used to write letters in to the Tele or Courier,” recalled Anton in tribute to his brother, who died peacefully at Roxburghe House on September...

TIME CALLED ON LEGENDARY SCHEME PUB

DUNDEE landlord Stephen Tosh has announced he will give up the lease of Hilltown pub The Barrels. Speaking to the Evening Telegraph, Stephen Tosh said the decision had been a tough one to make, but was a sign of the times of the hospitality trade in...

‘ABSOLUTE WARRIOR’

FOR seven years, Kellie Livingston watched her little girl endure countless hospital stays and scary internal bleeds, knowing that one day she would need a new liver. Ocean, 7, was born with a rare liver disease and was later placed on the transplant...

PRIMARY’S PUPIL NUMBERS ARE OVER CAPACITY

TWO Dundee schools are full to bursting, with more pupils than the buildings are deemed suitable for. And two others are nearing their maximum roll, above 98% occupancy. Rosebank Primary School had 16 more pupils than the 278 considered its...

DRUG DEALER WAS CAUGHT TWICE IN ‘CRACK ALLEY’

MORE than £1,000 has been seized from a young cannabis dealer from Dundee who complained to social workers about the drug being legal elsewhere. Kaydyn Lafferty returned to the dock at Dundee Sheriff Court for sentencing, having previously admitted...

TV STAR GADD ‘HELPED WOMAN IN DANGER’

BABY Reindeer star Richard Gadd alerted police to help a woman who feared she was going to be killed, a court heard. Gadd, who is from Wormit in Fife, recalled getting help on hearing an apparently distressed female in the flat above his own in...

‘SAUL HAD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND SWAGGER’

A DUNDEE mum has paid a heartfelt tribute to her son, who “had a love for everyone and everything,” after his death. Lacey Mckenna, 49, has described her son Saul Sangster as loyal, easy-natured, and a lover of music. The 23-year-old lost his battle...

NHS TAYSIDE ACCUSED OF GASLIGHTING ELJAMEL PATIENTS

DRIVER REPORTED AFTER GIRL,10, HIT BY CAR

A DRIVER has been reported to prosecutors after a 10-year-old girl was hit by a car outside a Dundee primary school. Emergency services were called to a stretch of St Leonard Place near the entrance to St Andrew’s RC Primary School at around 3.30pm on...

NEAR-FATAL OVERDOSES RISE BY 70% IN ONE YEAR

THE number of suspected near-fatal drug overdoses in Dundee rose by nearly 70% in a year. Health chiefs admit they are “concerned” after 350 incidents were recorded in the last three months of 2025-26. The latest report on the Dundee drug and alcohol...

COUNCIL FACING £12M BUDGET SHORTFALL

DUNDEE City Council is facing a budget shortfall of nearly £13 million next year. The latest report on the council’s financial position shows the local authority will have a budget deficit of £12.7m for 2027-28. It is expected the council will have...

GIRL LEFT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CITY DOG MAULING

AN 11-year-old girl was left severely injured after being mauled by an American bulldog in a Dundee flat. The child was pounced upon by the dog while in a bedroom at the property in Douglas on April 14 2025. First offender Patryk Bednarski is...

FIRST LOOK AT £265M WELLGATE COLLEGE PLAN

STRIKING new images have revealed how the Wellgate could be transformed by Dundee and Angus College’s ambitious £265 million redevelopment. The dramatic designs show a major new campus bringing thousands of students into the heart of the city centre...

VICTIM BEGGED FOR HIS LIFE IN MCDONALD’S STABBING

A MAN begged for his life as he was savagely assaulted in the kitchen of a Mcdonald’s restaurant in Dundee, a court has heard. Jayjay Hutton, 31, and Peter Williamson, 49, pursued their victim along Reform Street and followed him into the fast food...

TRIBUTES PAID TO CITY’S PIONEERING SHERIFF

A PIONEERING Dundee sheriff, who broke new ground for Scottish justice while living with motor neurone disease (MND), has died. Sheriff Alastair Carmichael continued to preside over cases at the city’s sheriff court thanks to his innovative use of...

BOGUS CITY JOINER LEFT COUPLE £9,000 OUT OF POCKET

A “BOGUS workman” joiner from Dundee took payment from a Monifieth couple and promised to complete major house renovations but only ripped out their kitchen in a £9,000 fraud. Michael Cox previously pled guilty to the single charge of fraud he faced...

ROAD SHUT FOR HOURS AS PERSON STRUCK BY CAR

A MAJOR Dundee road was closed for nearly six hours after a “serious” crash involving a car and a pedestrian. Officers shut East Dock Street at the junction with East Marketgait after being called to the scene at around 10.45am yesterday. An area of...

BIKER ATTACKED WITH POOL CUE BY IRATE DRIVER

A MOTORCYCLIST was attacked with a snooker cue by a furious driver during a chaotic road rage incident on one of Dundee’s busiest roads. Graeme Lumsden said blood passed into his “lifeline” stoma bag after being struck repeatedly by Glen Reeve in the...

MUM’S PLEA AFTER GIRL HIT BY CAR

TEEN KNIFED DAD’S PAL TO DEATH OVER INSULT

A DUNDEE teenager who has “issues with paranoia” stabbed his father’s friend to death after he mocked his intelligence, a court has been told. Lennon Hathway, 18, stabbed Alistair Lamb, 38, with a knife at his parents’ home in Balunie Terrace on April...

SLEEPLESS NIGHTS OVER £18K ROOF BILL

A MAN has died after a major emergency response on a Dundee street. Emergency services descended on Blackness Road yesterday morning. CID and paramedics were seen entering a residential property near the junction with Annfield Road at around...

THIEF WHO CAUSED BUSINESSES ‘MISERY’ LOCKED UP

A THIEF who targeted a branch of Greggs and a Skoda showroom in Dundee has been jailed for 40 months for causing “misery” to Dundee businesses and a community food garden. Desperate thief Michael Pattie, in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction,...

‘CRASH LEFT ME FOR DEAD... NOW SHE’S SAID YES’

A DUNDEE man who was left paralysed after a crash in Perthshire has proposed to his partner. Dominic Roberts-brown asked Jennifer Devlin to marry him, surrounded by family and friends, in Ninewells Hospital’s Chaplaincy Centre. In 2025, the Broughty...

WORKER SHAKEN AFTER ‘KNIFE POINT’ SHOP ROBBERY

A STAFF member was left “shaken” after an alleged knifepoint robbery at a Dundee shop. The victim was working at SA News, at the junction of Clepington Road and Arklay Street, on Wednesday. A masked man entered the shop just before 9pm and was...

CANNABIS FARMER USED HOSE TO ESCAPE FLAT Vietnamese national jailed for role in city cultivation

CANNABIS worth almost £1 million was seized by police who raided three separate addresses in Dundee, including one from which the occupant tried to escape by abseiling down a garden hose. Vietnamese nationals Thuan Nguyen and Van Minh Nguyen were...

CARE HOME WORKER JAILED OVER CHILD ABUSE

A DEPRAVED child abusing care home worker who admitted carrying out sex attacks on a young girl in Dundee has been locked up. Alexander Lackie’s bail order was previously allowed to continue so he could get his affairs in order. The paedophile used a...

EATERY FACING REFORM BACKLASH ‘NIGHTMARE’

A DUNDEE takeaway boss says he has been left facing a “nightmare” after visa allegations made by a Reform UK politician about its former sister restaurant in St Andrews. Tanbir Ahmed took over Jahangir on Session Street in May 2023, signing a 20-year...

THE END OF NHS TAYSIDE

NHS Tayside and NHS Fife are to be abolished in one of the biggest shake-ups of Scotland’s health service in generations. First Minister John Swinney confirmed plans to replace the 14 territorial health boards with just two giant “strategic”...

BUS-TED

A NUISANCE passenger who smashed the windscreen of a busy Ember coach in a Perthshire village after getting drunk at a funeral wake has been warned he faces “significant” jail time. Lee Mcpherson lobbed a brick through the window of the stationary...

‘JACOB’S AN INCREDIBLE BOY – A REAL INSPIRATION’

A YOUNGSTER is walking around every professional football ground in Scotland in memory of his late mother for charity. Jacob Mcdonald, 10, of Dundee, is walking round the 42 pitches to raise money for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Trust in honour of his...

GOODWIN IN HOSPITAL AFTER HEALTH SCARE

ANOTHER TOP COP QUITS TAYSIDE

A SENIOR Tayside police officer has quit the force months after facing misconduct allegations. Superintendent Suzanne Smith, who served several roles in Dundee and Angus, has retired from Police Scotland. She had been absent from her role for months...

TOP COP AT CENTRE OF KNIFE INCIDENT QUITS ROLE

FRAUDSTER CONNED DAD OUT OF £50,000

POLICE STAND GUARD AFTER FIRE AT MULTIS

POLICE officers were guarding a flat at a Dundee multi-storey block following a fire. Locals said they saw people in forensic suits entering the property at Dudhope Court yesterday morning, while a Scottish Fire and Rescue Service investigation unit...

DEALER HAD £4,000 OF COCAINE IN HIS UNDERWEAR

A COCAINE dealer condemned for inflicting misery on people in Dundee has been hit with a three-year jail term. Darren Leadingham – also known as Darren Duncan – posed for a selfie with wads of cash and a high-end watch while he was actively involved...

MASERATI THIEF JAILED FOR KILLING PENSIONER

‘RACIST ABUSE’ FORCES CAFE TO CLOSE

BOSSES behind a community cafe in Dundee have cited drug dealing and racist abuse as part of the reason it was forced to shut its doors. Lochee Community Larder & Cafe representatives say they took the “difficult” decision to shut the popular...

SERIAL SEX ATTACKER ASSAULTED WOMAN IN HOSPITAL

A SERIAL rapist sexually assaulted a woman in hospital shortly after she had given birth. Matthew Edgerton repeatedly abused the woman physically and sexually for more than two years, a court heard. Jailing him for 10 years, a judge described the...

SCREAMING THUG MADE THREATS TO KILL KIDS

THIEF’S £7.5K SPREE AT GREGGS AND SKODA

TOOLS worth almost £4,500 were stolen from a Dundee car dealership in back-toback raids by a serial thief. Michael Pattie, 35, also smashed his way into a Greggs store and made off with packets of crisps. Charity tins were taken by the desperate...

GREATGRANDAD FEARED FOR LIFE DURING DOG ATTACK

AN 85-year-old greatgrandad has told how he feared for his life when he was attacked by a dog as he tried to save his beloved labrador. Sandy Robertson suffered deep wounds to his hand and needed antibiotics after stepping in when the bulldog-type...

JAIL FOR THUG WHO TRIED TO STORM PUB WITH KNIFE

A MAN who armed himself with a knife before trying to force his way into a Dundee pub, while customers battled to keep him at bay, has been jailed. Terrified drinkers at the Athletic Bar on Strathmartine Road joined forces to block the door and stop...

JAIL FOR MAN WHO STOLE CAR ‘STUCK IN THIRD GEAR’

A CROOK who crashed a “barely driveable” stolen car before hiding in a garden in Dundee has been jailed after failing to complete unpaid work. Charlie Anderson was ordered to perform 300 hours in 2024 as an alternative to staying out of jail for the...

LENNIX FATAL DRUG SUPPLIER FREED FROM JAIL EARLY

COUNCIL NETS £110K IN MATCHDAY PARKING FINES

THE number of fines issued to drivers breaking Dundee football parking rules has spiked by 66%, with the council raking in more than £110,000 from match-day restrictions. Fines dished out over the course of the last season increased dramatically...

CITY SET FOR 27°C ‘MINI HEATWAVE’

TEMPERATURES in Tayside, Fife and Stirling are expected to reach up to 28C. The Met Office is forecasting sunny weather throughout this week. Temperatures are set to soar tomorrow and will start to drop towards the weekend. Last month, the agency...

‘I’D BE UP THE CREEK WITHOUT THEM’

“IF I didn’t have the Dundee Food Train, I’d be up the creek”. That’s how one 90-year-old described the importance of the charity’s work in the city. It began over 30 years ago and through volunteers, provides weekly deliveries of fresh groceries to...

‘VICIOUS’ DOGS SAVAGE NURSE’S PET

A DUNDEE nurse has told of the horrifying moment her pet was attacked by three “vicious dogs” in the city. Claire Collins, a newly qualified nurse from Douglas, feared her six-year-old cavapoochon, Roxy, would be killed during the attack in Huntly...

TRIBUTES TO BOXING LEGEND BILLY

TRIBUTES have been paid to one of Dundee boxing’s most respected fighters following the death of Lochee Boys Club legend Billy Buchanan at the age of 64. The St Mary’s fighter enjoyed a remarkable career which saw him reach the ABA final at Wembley,...

NIGHTS OF THE LIVING DREAD

DRIVERS have been warned to expect 12 nights of road closures on Dundee’s Kingsway as a footbridge is reinstated. The A90 will shut overnight from August 17-29 as work begins on reinstalling the Old Glamis Road crossing. A closure will be in place in...

FESTIVAL TICKET HOLDERS IN ROW OVER REFUNDS

MORE ticket holders have been caught in a row over refunds to the cancelled Discovery Festival in Dundee. Those who had planned to attend the Slessor Gardens event say organisers and ticketing platform Fixr are locked in a blame game over who is...