You’d be wrong to call me a glass half-full kind of guy because I’m drinking out of the fountain of hope when it comes to our Scotland national team.

A finance manager has been fined for running over a teenager's bike, despite being unable to say how the accident happened.

Angus Council chiefs have been swamped by a flood of opposition over plans to bulldoze a popular Montrose seafront paddling pool.

From Lochee to London to the South of France, Mark Leggatt could be our own international man of mystery.

A Dundee resident has said overflowing Eurobins in the city are reminiscent of scenes from the 70s and 80s.

The manager of Dundee Foodbank said he is incredibly thankful to a local takeaway owner who donated 100 meals.

A one-legged lout, high on drugs, flashed police officers in Dundee city centre after glassing a man who owed him money.

Although he'll forever bare the burden of regret with a tangerine tinge, Paul Paton says his time at Dundee United was the best of his life.

A female shopper who heard heavy breathing from the cubicle next to her in Perth's Marks and Spencers' toilet looked up to see a man peering down at her.

When Dundonian Billy Hosie saw Danish footballer Christian Eriksen collapse on the pitch, he knew he had to take action in his community.

A regular round up local news and events in the Angus and Mearns area.

A major change to Dundee city centre, in the form of a low emission zone, is on the horizon for car users.

We've all done it - spent a full working day in front of our laptop or computer to then slouch on the couch, binge-watching whilst flicking through our phones.

A Women's Institute which survived more than 100 years has succumbed to the Covid-19 pandemic because members couldn't use Zoom.

Spending on rehabilitation facilities in Dundee and Glasgow have been described as a postcode lottery by a recovery advocacy group.

A woman had to thump a serial abuser with a statue to try to release his grip when he bit her finger as she tried to protect her friend.

Ease into the weekend with a bumper Friday court round-up.

Dundee United youngster Kerr Smith says he's already learning from experienced defender Charlie Mulgrew.

A dog owner has claimed her pet "miraculously escaped death" after being struck in a Perth car park.

Police are appealing for information after a Carnoustie woman was assaulted twice in one night by the same attacker.

In 1861 Perth's poorhouse on Glasgow Road opened its doors to 'lunatics', paupers and their children. Now 180 years later the Victorian era home is luxury apartments but does its vast history still haunt the tenants of today?

A family from Liverpool has been reunited with a long lost WWI medal after it was found at a Fife park.

Thousands of parents in Tayside and Fife opted to keep their children off school as a precaution against Covid-19 in the final week of term.

You could forgive Owain Fon Williams for being a little distracted on Saturday afternoon.

From the introduction of decimalisation to the withdrawal of free school milk by Margaret Thatcher, 1971 had some memorable events.

A Carnoustie café was open for a business as usual on Friday, just hours after a late night break-in.

A licensing system for short-term holiday property lets has been opened for public consultation after the SNP Government promised to revise its guidance for the troubled sector.

The close of the school year has brought with it the end of an era at Forfar Academy.

Brechin residents and community leaders say they fear part of the burgh is becoming the “forgotten corner of Angus”.

The indulgent "Glen Martini" is usually mixed and shaken in Gleneagles’ The American Bar and this recipe allows you to bring a bit of luxury right to your home.