Dundee don’t have to dig deep to find the motivation required for tonight’s crunch Championship trip to face Ayr United.

Dundee winger Declan McDaid has hailed the togetherness in the squad as they head to Ayr tonight for a crucial Championship clash.

Dundee boss James McPake says his players are “fired up” as they look to secure second spot and take their quest for Premiership promotion into the post-season.

Singing Angus hairdresser Danny Laverty has promised global fans the mic won’t be completely dropped now the easing of lockdown has allowed him to pick the scissors back up.

The duo behind a new whisky festival will hold their first in-person event later this year having been forced to take it online in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Polly Freeman is one of a handful of rangers in the Cairngorms whose duties include managing thousands of visitors to Scotland's largest national park.

A café which was once exclusively for workers at the Port of Dundee has opened to the public after a new customer base was generated during lockdown.

Cycling’s popularity is growing faster in most of Tayside and Fife than the Scottish average, according to new figures.

A Dundee property expert says demand for homes is outstripping supply - with more people looking to move to the edge of the city.

Willie Rennie wants to evoke the 'spirit of 99' for the Scottish Parliament with a range of reforms aimed at building back public trust.

Dundee United boss Micky Mellon has assured Arabs they'll keep the foot on the gas until the end of the season.

Armed police spent an hour on a Kirkcaldy street on Monday night as they dealt with an ongoing incident.

Scores of shaggy-haired customers across Tayside and Fife flocked to their favourite barbers and hairdressers on Monday as salons opened for the first time this year.

Campers have trashed an Angus beauty spot by vandalising the grounds of an historic 200-year-old mill, setting fire to camping equipment and using parts of the site as a makeshift toilet.

Police closed a busy Fife road and the bomb squad was alerted after a suspicious package was discovered this evening.

Alex Salmond has been compared with Nigel Farage in a swipe at the former first minister’s new pro-independence party.

Scotland's largest teaching union has called for an end to zero-hours contracts for supply teachers after their survey showed nearly half were offered no work in January.

The past year has been the most difficult in living memory for musicians. With venues in mothballs, performers have had to rush online, competing for cyberspace with much bigger acts.

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Police in Angus have launched an appeal after a spate of attempted break-ins.

Police in Fife have charged four youths in relation to acts of vandalism at a war memorial in Cowdenbeath.

An expert has tipped the Alba Party for success at the Holyrood election and insisted its potential was "much bigger" than just being a fan club for Alex Salmond.

Clothing designers Isolated Heroes have landed an exclusive fashion collaboration with V&A Dundee for the museum's reopening exhibition, Night Fever: Designing Club Culture.

Coronavirus vaccine wastage in Tayside is among the lowest in the country with just over 1,000 discarded since the programme began.

A great-grandfather from Perth has said he will be treating his family after scooping a windfall of £30,000 through the Postcode Lottery.

Slalom Canoeists from Breadalbane Canoe Club practice on the course at Grandtully in Perthshire over the Easter Weekend.

Former first minister Alex Salmond is making his own “declaration for Scotland” as he plots an immediate path to independence.

When it comes to quick and easy dinner options, noodle soup is a firm favourite and is sure to leave you feeling satisfied.

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Green-fingered shoppers across Tayside and Fife welcomed the reopening of garden centres today.