The will he, won’t he transfer saga that surrounded Lawrence Shankland for so long almost made it feel like he’d never cut ties with Dundee United.

For lots of girls, being a "pop star" is a sugar-coated pipe dream, quickly abandoned when that monster called Real Life gets its claws in. But for Kirriemuir's Kirsty Grant, pop is serious business.

Liam Smith probably knows Lawrence Shankland better than most in the Dundee United squad - and he reckons the hitman is "a massive loss".

"An unusual relationship is not a criminal one" a jury was told as the defence of a Fife man accused of sexually assaulting three girls was summed up on Friday.

Police seized cocaine worth more than £30,000 from a drug dealing delivery driver after stopping his car.

Angus communities fear the pandemic could claim the area’s smaller museums.

Jordan McGhee reckons the current Dundee crop of players have the “attitude” to get over the club’s recent cup woes.

A Perthshire couple say they feel "terrorised" by a neighbour who churned up part of their garden with an industrial digger and smashed up their property.

The week's regular collection of community news from around Angus.

A pensioner threatened a "sit-in protest" at a Dundee travel agent after they took nine weeks to refund his holiday spending money.

It may not be a surprise to locals who have long-appreciated the beautiful beaches, dramatic landscapes and sunsets over pretty villages.

This year's Glorious Twelfth shooting season could be the worst in recent memory, a boss at a large employer in Perthshire warns as he highlights the economic benefits of the shooting season.

An Angus podcaster has gone from interviewing "local hardmen" to associates of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar in a matter of months.

Looks can be deceiving as Murray Chalmers finds out at this long-lasting Broughty-Ferry restaurant.

There are dozens of foreign governments represented in Scotland but where can you find their offices? Our interactive maps let you search right down to street level.

From grand mansions in Edinburgh to a petrol station in Stornoway, you can find diplomatic representatives of foreign governments the length and breadth of Scotland.

It is Scotland's oldest medieval street fair that is still in operation, dating back to the Middle Ages, and this weekend the Lammas Market is back in St Andrews after a year's hiatus.

Covid-19 testing site staff say being landed with parking tickets while working on the pandemic frontline is a "slap in the face".

Dundee City Council have put the brakes on cycling improvements in the West End amid safety concerns.

The weekend starts here.

​Tributes have been paid to Scottish actor Ken Hutchinson,  “Leslie’s most famous son”, who has died.

A complaint against a Fife care home has been upheld by the regulator after a local woman claimed her great-great grandmother lived out her last year in pain.

Police in Dundee are gearing up for their busiest weekend in months, with the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions allowing nightclubs and pubs to open without social distancing.

Broughty Ferry RNLI volunteers have issued a safety warning to the public after children had to be rescued from the same Fife beach twice in two days.

Two more Liberal Democrats have been elected to the Highland council after independent members stepped down.

If there is one thing that can put a smile on the gloomiest of faces, in my opinion, it's chocolate.

When André Rieu comes to delight his north-east fans with his spectacular show at P&J Live he might – just might – be wearing a kilt.

Known for his sense of fun and zest for life, former Scots Guard and special constable David McRae has died aged 81.

One of Fife's most ambitious school projects has taken a major step forward.

Police investigating an assault in Carnoustie on Wednesday have released the description of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident.