Tayside and Fife could benefit from millions of pounds of investment and an influx of tens of thousands of visitors if it is successful in its bid to become UK City of Culture.

Dundee, Perth and Kinross, Angus and Fife councils are banding together in a bid to win the prestigious UK City of Culture 2025 award.

Exams have 'outlived their time' say some pupils at one Dundee high school, while others feel they get a sense of achievement from them.

Perth commuters have accused rail bosses of “downgrading” key services to Edinburgh and Inverness.

There was once a village in Fife called Lassodie that housed almost 1,500 people.

Dundee centre-back Lee Ashcroft has hailed the impact of attackers Paul McMullan and Jason Cummings.

A drunk man who had to be lifted off a Dundee bus by police has been ordered to behave himself.

Perth locals living with dementia will once again be able to receive valuable support at a Dementia Café from next month.

Thousands of people in Angus are being warned their water may be discoloured on Friday following a major upgrade to the system.

Thomas Courts is confident keeper Benjamin Siegrist won’t follow Lawrence Shankland out of the Dundee United exit door this month.

The Scottish Government will soon launch their much anticipated Women's Health Plan and women across Tayside and Fife could see their healthcare transformed as a result.

A sheriff has slammed the "cock and bull" stories made up by a driver to excuse a crash which caused his passenger to suffer a broken leg.

Dundee City Council’s decision to no longer collect ‘side waste’ left at the kerbside could see streets filled with rubbish, community figures have warned.

Towns and cities linked by the River Tay have joined forces in a bid to be named the next UK City of Culture.

Nicola Sturgeon and Green party leaders were trying to close a deal over-night on a partnership for working together in the Scottish Government.

Finland international Ilmari Niskanen is finally set to complete his move to Dundee United and boss Thomas Courts insists he worth the wait.

Fife Council has made a commitment to welcome Afghan families seeking refugee to the region.

A care worker who was jailed for sexually abusing a child he was supposed to be looking after at a home in Dundee has been struck off.

A bumper Thursday court round-up.

Excitement is in the Angus air as fan have turned out in their thousands to support the players on the first day of the AIG Women's Open in Carnoustie.

The quick thinking of a councillor has prevented potential carnage at a busy Fife junction.

Flamboyant, friendly and full of colour, Bob Flambé's new exhibition at Dundee's Kathryn Rattray Gallery is causing quite the fuss.

A mental health crisis centre in Dundee has taken a huge step forward as a site has been found to house the new facility.

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The number of homophobic bullying incidents in Perthshire and Angus schools hit a four-year high last year.

A big change is coming for Dundee's household bin collection service - with the city council refusing to pick up extra bags of waste, or 'side waste'.

An Auchterarder teenager could follow in the footsteps of tennis ace Andy Murray after winning a junior tournament at Wimbledon.

A pedestrian has been left with a serious leg injury after he was hit by an electric scooter in Dundee.

The Haarbour chip shop and restaurant in St Andrews, run by MasterChef finalist Dean Banks, has shut permanently.

The Forth Road Bridge will close for one day at the end of August amid repair work to expansion joints on the crossing between Fife and Edinburgh.