Evening Telegraph (First Edition)

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...

DESSERT SHOP BOSS RAPED SCHOOLGIRL

A DESSERT shop boss from Dundee has been found guilty of raping a schoolgirl in his work van in Perth. Veron Galmangoda Guruge De Silva was supposed to be driving the 15-year-old home but instead took her to a car park in the city on a “pitch black”...

CROOKED BARMAN STOLE £50K OF HIS DAD’S CASH

A CROOKED Dundee barman hijacked the bank account of his housebound father to steal £50,000. Stephan Dewar initially asked if he could borrow £5,000 in a bid to buy a pub in the city. Dewar posed as his father, who medically retired almost 20 years...

COSTS FORCE WHISKY EVENT OUT OF VENUE

THE organisers of Dundee Whisky Festival say they are seeking alternative venues after the cost of hiring the Caird Hall more than doubled. Slanj Events Whisky Festivals staged its inaugural Dundee festival at the city centre venue this summer. They...

THIEVES JAILED FOR WHISKY SMASH AND GRAB

COPS ON SCENE AFTER MAN LEFT ‘BLOODIED’

FOUR police vehicles were called to the Polepark area of Dundee after an incident. Officers were stationed between the junction of Brewery Lane and Lower Pleasance yesterday afternoon. One local said police were searching a grass area between the...

CITY WALK-IN CLINIC UNDER FIRE OVER PATIENT NUMBERS

DUNDEE’S GP walk-in centre has come under fire as new figures show fewer than 100 consultations were carried out across the whole of June. The Lochee Health Centre facility was the second such clinic to open in Scotland as part of the SNP’S flagship...

BEER WE GO!

DUNDEE Football Club has launched a bid to sell alcohol at matches. The Dark Blues plan to submit an application to Dundee City Council to sell alcohol at selected William Hill Premiership matches during the 2026-27 season. The club says it is part...

KLOPPELGANGER

AN Inchture man is hoping that Jurgen Klopp’s appointment as Germany head coach will help him become a full-time lookalike. Gav Munro, 58, has dubbed himself ‘Kilted Klopp’ and has launched social media pages showcasing his lookalike act. On Friday,...

FIREWORKS BAN ZONE BID LAUNCHED

RESIDENTS of a Dundee community are bidding to have the city’s first firework control zone amid concerns over the impact on pets. Three years ago local authorities in Scotland were given new powers to allow them to introduce so-called firework control...

WOMAN’S DOG NEGLECT LEADS TO ANIMAL BAN

A SHERIFF admonished a woman and imposed a ban on keeping animals after she neglected a starving and caged whippet in her Dundee home. Sarah Henderson admitted causing suffering to the three-year-old dog between December 2025 and February this...

VANDALS DESTROY MISSING PET GROUP’S GEAR

A PET rescue group has hit out after being targeted three times by vandals during the search for a missing dog in Angus. Missing Pets Dundee and Angus is run by volunteers and has helped reunite thousands of owners with their missing pets since...

‘I’D TREASURE THE MEMORY FOREVER’

A BROUGHTY Ferry woman whose extraordinary battle with a rare cancer saw surgeons remove nine organs has spoken of her heartbreak that the disease has returned. Kirsty Speers, 35, is preparing to begin six sessions of chemotherapy after scans showed...

MAN IN COURT OVER PAIR OF MURDER BID CHARGES

A SHERIFF has remanded a man in custody over accusations of two attempted murders on the same day in Dundee. Charles Barr is accused of attacking two men in separate incidents in the Hilltown area of the city last Friday. The 32-year-old is said to...

110MPH CAR CHASE ENDED IN ‘AIRBORNE’ CRASH

LIFE WAS SWEET... NOW IT’S A GAS!

A DUNDEE singer has told how he grew a successful gas distribution firm after giving up his beloved sweet shop in the city. Billy Dunn spent several years running the Sweet Stop in Stobswell and then Broughty Ferry before reluctantly quitting the...

12-YEAR-OLD CRIMINAL’S 37 OFFENCES IN ONE YEAR

DUNDEE’S most prolific youth offender has been linked to dozens of crimes – including carrying a knife, serious assault and racially aggravated conduct – from the age of just 12. The youngster had 37 linked crime reports to their name in 2025, Police...

‘I’LL CARRY HIM WITH ME FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE’

FAMILY and friends gathered in Dundee yesterday to pay tribute to teenager Harry Whitton. Hundreds attended the funeral service for the 18-year-old and among those paying their respects were colleagues and representatives from both Dundee FC and...

‘SCREAMS’ ALERTED RESIDENTS TO FLAT FIRE

RESIDENTS of a Dundee tenement have told how they fled their homes after screaming alerted them to a fire. The West Street building was evacuated after a blaze broke out in a second-floor flat shortly before 3pm on Monday. Four fire appliances, along...

‘RELENTLESS DAMAGE’ AT £1M COMMUNITY FOOTIE PITCH

THE boss of a Dundee football charity says youths are causing thousands of pounds’ worth of damage at a £1 million community facility. Craig Fyall is chairman of Dryburgh Athletic Community Club and a director of the community partnership between...

MEN FACE JAIL OVER ‘COWARDLY’ ATTACKS

TWO teenagers robbed a Just Eat driver in Dundee minutes before breaking a female taxi driver’s arm during an effort to steal £130 from her. Kaydon Mccoll and Malachi Dixon, both now 20, appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court to admit two charges. Dixon...

AIRMAN JAILED FOR RAPES AND ABUSE

A RAPIST airman whose terror campaign towards women was waged in Dundee and St Andrews has been jailed for 11 years. Kenny Ralph Dalgleish, who was based at RAF Lossiemouth, was found guilty of 11 charges at the High Court in Dundee last month. The...

FEARS OVER ROGUE TAXIS OPERATING IN CITY

CONCERNS have been raised over claims people are driving taxis without a proper licence in Dundee. The city council said it has received complaints about the issue, and that regular checks are being made on ranks. Meanwhile, taxi drivers say stronger...

SHOCK AS HOMELESS FOUND SLEEPING IN STAIRWELLS

CONCERNS have been raised after homeless people were discovered sleeping in stairwells across Dundee city centre. Pictures of people on mattresses inside a stairwell in Union Street were shared online in recent days, prompting public concern. The...

MAN FORCED TERRIFYING STOP DURING ABUSE CAMPAIGN

A FITNESS coach grabbed the steering wheel and forced his partner to swerve on to the verge of the Kingsway during a terrifying campaign of abuse that spanned nearly three years. Daniel Cochrane, a personal trainer at an Angus gym, ranted at and...

POLICE TO PROBE KNIFE INCIDENT RESPONSE

POLICE chiefs have launched a full review of the force’s response to a high-profile knife incident in Dundee, the Tele can reveal. Temporary Chief Superintendent Elaine Logue, Tayside’s top officer, has ordered an assessment of the force’s operational...

‘VICTIMBLAMING’ BOYFRIEND FROM HELL JAILED

A BOYFRIEND from hell described by a sheriff as “self-serving and victimblaming” has been handed an extended jail sentence. Serial domestic abuser Connor Ross was convicted of a cruel and violent campaign against an ex-girlfriend that persisted for...

‘I DON’T EVEN FOLLOW FOOTBALL’

A TOPLESS pitch invader who ran on to the field during a Dundee United match has avoided being hit with a football banning order. Over-exuberant neutral Kerr Mcgouldrick told police he got “too excited” when he sprinted on to the pitch and ran towards...

DJ HANNAH ‘LOVES KEEPING FESTIVAL AT HOME’

HANNAH Laing has excitedly shared a first look inside the doof in the Park site in Dundee ahead of the festival’s return tomorrow. The all-day event will take place for a second year at Camperdown Park this weekend, with over 30 DJS set to perform to...

‘RONAN STOLE EVERYONE’S HEART’

FAMILY and friends gathered to say their final farewell to Dundee teenager Ronan Brown, who died after claims of ‘multiple failures’ by services in the city. Hundreds of people attended the teenager’s funeral at Dundee Crematorium yesterday...

DAD JAILED OVER BID TO KILL DAUGHTER’S EX-PARTNER

A DUNDEE dad who admitted attempting to murder his daughter’s ex-partner by stabbing him with a Swiss army knife has been caged for six years. Paul Barclay chased Lennon Lawson down the street before plunging the blade into him twice and leaving him...

FAMILIES’ BABY UNIT CONCERNS ‘NOT GIVEN WEIGHT’

A BLAIRGOWRIE mum whose daughter suffered a stroke at birth has been left disappointed by First Minister John Swinney’s reaction to the proposed downgrading of Ninewells neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Lauren Bruce was invited to meet with the...

DOPEY DRUG DEALER CAUGHT RED-HANDED AT FESTIVAL

A DOPEY drug dealer was caught red-handed selling cocaine and ecstasy at doof in the Park in Dundee. Blair Murray made full admissions and co-operated after being clocked by security at the Camperdown Park festival on July 5 last year. The first...

DUNDEE MAN ADMITS ROLE IN ‘RAPE PLOT’

EXPLOSIONS HEARD AS COPS PROBE CAR BLAZE

RESIDENTS were told to return to their homes after several explosions were heard from a burning car in Dundee. Shocked locals on St Mary Street awoke in the early hours of Wednesday morning to find a vehicle well alight. Firefighters were scrambled...

PEDESTRIAN RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER CITY CRASH

POLICE closed off a section of Dundee city centre after a pedestrian was rushed to hospital following a collision with a car. Officers cordoned off the junction of Dock Street and Whitehall Crescent yesterday morning. Police Scotland said it received...

DUNDEE WOMAN KNIFED EX-PARTNER, 70, IN HEAD

A DUNDEE woman knifed her 70-year-old ex-lover in the top of the head in a life-endangering attack, then told paramedics he injured himself falling over in the bathroom. Laura King assaulted former boyfriend Robert Robertson with a serrated kitchen...

BID FOR £1M FOOTBALL FACILITY IN LOCHEE

MAN JAILED FOR CHILD SEX ASSAULT AND DEALING DRUGS

AN “opportunistic” sex attacker who targeted a teenager in Dundee after plying her with cocaine has been hit with a hefty jail term. Jason Campbell was found guilty of sexually assaulting the 16-yearold female on various occasions in November...

FAMILY’S WORLD CUP NIGHTMARE

VIOLENCE OF THE HAMS

A DUNDEE man claims he was “dragged” out of a Lidl supermarket by security staff after trying to return a packet of ham. The incident happened at a store on Dura Street, just yards from Brian Knight’s Stobswell home. The 52-year-old – who has liver...

COUPLE’S MATCH OF THE TAY IN BOSTON

A TAYSIDE couple have described the “beautiful” moment they were engaged in Boston while supporting Scotland at the World Cup. Isla Galbraith, 25, from Dundee, and Jamie Stewart, 28, from Alyth, travelled to the US to follow Steve Clarke’s side as...

‘AM I BANNED?’

A TEENAGER who led police on a dangerous, highspeed chase which ended on the Kingsway has been freed ahead of sentencing, despite a warning he will kill someone. Thomas Mullen tore through a roundabout and a red light and drove on the wrong side of...

DEALER LED COPS ON HIGH SPEED CHASE

A Cocaine-dealing joiner sped off from police in Dundee at double the 30mph limit after officers clocked him driving an uninsured Mercedes. More than £2,500 worth of the Class A drug was seized after Daniel Murphy was eventually arrested. Murphy tore...

BRUTAL THIEF BIT WOMAN IN ATTEMPT TO STEAL £10

A THIEF bit a woman’s hand trying to wrestle £10 from her grip at Arbroath bus station. Wayne Martin sat down next to his 23-year-old victim, a healthcare assistant, on April 5 and said: “You’re getting robbed you stupid b **** .” The repeat offender...

POLICE GAVE WRONG INFO OVER KNIFE CHAOS

POLICE chiefs have admitted that the initial information the force shared about a knife incident in Dundee “did not fully reflect the situation”. Ilia Belov, 22, was found guilty at Dundee Sheriff Court this week of making sexual remarks at teenagers...

THOUSANDS RAISED TO BRING HARRY HOME

TRIBUTES are being paid to a Dundee teenager who has died suddenly while on holiday in Spain. Harry Whitton, 18, was on holiday in Benidorm with his girlfriend when the tragedy happened. His devastated family is now fundraising in a bid to bring...

‘NOBODY’S GOING TO FIX YOUR PROBLEMS’

BOBBY Bingham has never lived in the Dundee multis. But as a resource assistant at Hilltown Community Centre, he sees many of the challenges facing residents every day. The 62-year-old musician and community worker believes Dundee needs a...

TWISTED KITTEN KILLER SPARED PRISON

A CRUEL pet owner who inflicted horrific injuries on a 10-month-old kitten that later had to be put to sleep has been spared jail. The male cat named Shadow had his eye removed and suffered “extremely painful” broken bones over a four-month period at...