Laser shone into train driver’s cab
AN “irresponsible” yob was blasted today after attempting to blind the driver of a Tayside train with a laser pen. A ScotRail service running between Carnoustie and Aberdeen was approaching Montrose...
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Tayside man dies after falling from ladder
A Tayside pensioner has died after falling from a ladder. William Sutherland, 77, from Carnoustie, passed away in hospital the day after the tragic fall. A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service...
View ArticleTributes paid to ‘inspiring’ Angus volunteer
The family of a Tayside man, who has died at the age of 53, has paid tribute to the work he did to help keep young people off the streets. Murray David, from Kirriemuir, who worked as an installations...
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Police appeal for information on nightclub assault
Police investigating an assault in Aberdeen are keen to speak to a man who may come from the Arbroath area.The incident took place between 1.30am and 1.43am on Sunday, August 30 within and outside...
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Monifieth couple will help build shelters for refugees in Calais
Refugees in Calais are set to benefit from up to 20 new shelters in the next week, courtesy of a Tayside couple and their group of volunteers. Gemma Chapman, 32, and husband Craig, 28, have assembled a...
View ArticleMan, 18, charged after car discovered balancing on garden wall
A man has been charged after a car was found balanced on a garden wall. Last week, residents in a Carnoustie street awoke to find the vehicle on the wall with four wheels off the ground. Police were...
View ArticleWoman, 23, left injured in attempted robbery at cash machine
A woman was left injured in an attempted robbery at a cash machine in an Angus town. The incident happened on Montrose High Street yesterday evening. The culprit did not manage to steal anything, but...
View ArticleResidents express fears as developer lodges plans to build 300 new homes in...
Residents have spoken of their fears a Tayside town will be unable to cope if proposals to build 300 homes there are given the go-ahead. A mix of affordable, private and retirement homes could be built...
View ArticleDundee police officer on ‘death threat’ charge
A serving Dundee-based police officer is set to stand trial over claims she threatened to kill another woman. Paula-Jane Wales, 40, of Monifieth, is accused of threatening a woman at a property in the...
View ArticleMan charged following alleged assault at cash machine
A man has been charged following an alleged assault at a Tayside cash machine. A 23-year-old woman suffered injuries to her hip and leg as as a result of the incident in Montrose High Street on...
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Baby Arlo goes home after three months in Ninewells Hospital ward
Little Arlo Melville may only be three months old but he is his parent’s very special “rainbow baby”. Arlo was born to Danielle and Craig Melville, from Arbroath, 13 weeks early on July 16. He weighed...
View ArticleShock as Edd, 35, dies suddenly at home
Tributes have been paid to a Tayside man who died suddenly at 35. Former bar steward Edwin Manby, from Carnoustie, passed away at home. He was described as a “really helpful and kind guy”. Workmates...
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Rare Beatles memorabilia among items for auction in Tayside
Rare signed Beatles memorabilia is just one of a thousand items set to go up for auction in Tayside this weekend. The scarce goods will go under the hammer at a public auction and it is thought the...
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Tattie holidays: How youngsters passed their time before games consoles
The October holidays are in full swing and most kids today are spending time with pals and playing on games consoles. But before the days of heavy machinery, thousands of children dug their way through...
View ArticleWheelchair-bound woman rescued by firefighters
A wheelchair-bound woman in her 40s was rescued from a blaze in an Angus flat early yesterday morning. She was taken from homeless accommodation in Arbroath. Although the woman did not wish to speak...
View ArticleFootball fans warned after trouble flares at local derby
Tayside’s police chief has warned fans fans after the “dangerous” use of pyrotechnics at the Angus derby at the weekend. Officers say they dealt with “violence and disorder” following the match between...
View ArticleTayside road closed after car crashes into lamppost and lands on its side
Two people had to be freed from a car after it collided with a lamppost in Tayside. Emergency services were called to Kellas Road at Wellbank at about 2.20pm following the one-vehicle smash. A man and...
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Tayside woman thanks medical staff after developing deep vein thrombosis on...
A Tayside woman has thanked medical staff for the fact she is still alive after she developed a potentially life-threatening blood clot on a long-haul flight. Angie Trimble from Arbroath was on a...
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Refugee crisis hits home for Monifieth couple who volunteered in Calais
“This is not a political crisis or a migrant crisis. It isn’t a European crisis or even a refugee crisis — it is a human crisis, which is happening to real people.” That was the message from a...
View ArticleFormer Arbroath man attacked by alligator in Florida
A former Arbroath man has survived a life-or-death struggle with an eight-foot alligator in America. Doug Brown, 45, who now lives in Florida, was attacked when the gator leapt out of a canal and tried...
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