Finn Nixon

5 days ago | thecourier.co.uk | Finn Nixon

Dundee’s parkrun has been cancelled due to a group of Travellers at Camperdown Park. The event takes place every Saturday morning and sees runners and walkers complete a 5-kilometre loop of the public park. Parkrun organisers blame the call-off on the caravans and “untethered” animals currently at Camperdown. A group of Travellers with at least eight caravans were seen at the park on Tuesday. Children, dogs and chickens were part of the encampment, which has parked up on the grass.

5 days ago | thecourier.co.uk | Finn Nixon

Three boys aged 11, 12 and 13 are being reported after fires were started at a Forfar beauty spot. Firefighters were called to Balmashanner Hill on at least two occasions following grassland and gorse fires on Thursday evening. Crews were initially called out to a grassland fire near the Balmashanner Monument at around 6.30pm. Three appliances then responded to a large gorse fire at around 9.05pm. This second fire was burning in several different spots on the hill.

6 days ago | thecourier.co.uk | Finn Nixon

A legendary Dunfermline rock band have been forced to postpone their US tour due to the “sudden illness” of a band member. The band, who were formed in the city in 1968, had been due to spend 23 days touring 16 venues on their Bite the Bullet tour. Their first show was scheduled for East Greenwich in Rhode Island on Thursday. But the band have had to call the tour off. Nazareth have four members, but Dunfermline-born bass player and singer Pete Agnew, 78, is the only original member.

6 days ago | thecourier.co.uk | Finn Nixon

A 51-year-old man has been taken to hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash in Dalgety Bay. The incident happened at around 5.40am on the A921 at the Harbour Drive roundabout near the town’s railway station. The road was closed for several hours while emergency services worked at the scene. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were called around 5.40am on Thursday to a report of a crash involving a motorbike at the Harbour Drive roundabout in Dalgety Bay.

1 week ago | thecourier.co.uk | Finn Nixon

Readers have had their say on a Dundee bypass after the idea resurfaced following chaos at the Swallow Roundabout. New traffic lights at the junction have caused long delays, while road markings and signs have caused confusion. Some, including The Courier’s columnist Steve Finan, believe a bypass is the obvious solution to reducing congestion here and on the Kingsway. After The Courier explained the history of the bypass idea and why one has never been built, readers had their say on the proposal.