Bryan Copland

3 days ago | thecourier.co.uk | Bryan Copland

A 12-year-old girl has been charged after an attack on another girl in Forfar. The incident happened near Reid Park on April 25. A video of the incident – where another 12-year-old girl was attacked – was shared widely on social media. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were made aware of a 12-year-old girl being assaulted in the Reid Park area of Forfar around 6.15pm on Friday April 25. “A 12-year-old girl has been charged in connection and a report will be sent to the relevant authority.”

2 weeks ago | thecourier.co.uk | Bryan Copland

The name of a new south-west Fife high school has been confirmed. A public consultation was launched to find a name for the £88 million building, which is being constructed on the former Rosyth Fleet Grounds. Councillors on the South and West Fife Area Committee have now agreed to approve the name for the replacement Inverkeithing High. The school will be called Caledonia High School, which emerged top of a poll with more than 1,000 votes.

2 weeks ago | thecourier.co.uk | Bryan Copland |Logan Hutchison

Tayside residents are among those caught up in flights chaos after a huge power cut in Spain. Large areas of the country, along with Portugal, were left without power after a massive outage on Monday. Power is now returning in some parts as an investigation into the cause takes place. However, the power cut has caused travel chaos for thousands, including some trying to make it back home to Tayside.

3 weeks ago | thecourier.co.uk | Bryan Copland

A Fife publican is opening her third venue, while changes at the Overgate in Dundee and in Perth city centre are among the other developments on local high streets. The Courier has rounded up the latest from pubs, restaurants and shops across Tayside, Fife and Stirling in one handy place. Our regular updates will bring you up to speed with what’s going on in your local high streets and shopping centres.

4 weeks ago | thecourier.co.uk | Bryan Copland

Fife Council has asked for more time to decide on plans for a new Lidl supermarket in Dunfermline. The budget retailer wants to build a shop on the site of the former King Malcolm Hotel on Laburnum Road. Details of the plans emerged in March with Lidl revealing a computer-generated image of what the new store could look like. Now Fife Council has written to Lidl to ask for an extension to the normal time period for deciding on the application.