A businessman scammed more than £15,000 from his insurance company after staging a bogus car crash in a warehouse - only to be caught after his “moron” associate filmed him smashing up the motor.
Liverpudlian rock band Cast are to perform in Dundee.
A local council is preparing to scrap burial fees for children under 18.
Council funding has been slashed by up to £100 a head in Tayside and Fife in five years, according to Holyrood researchers.
A man who sent terrifying messages to a woman he met on a dating site - telling her he could see her through a rifle scope from miles away and was going to turn up at a school where he thought she worked - was today facing jail.
An army lance corporal was today spared jail after sparking a bar-room brawl that left his victim injured.
Fife’s child protection staff have put themselves forward for an independent inspection in a bid to regain public trust in their care of vulnerable youngsters.
A man who deliberately drove into his girlfriend while drunk after they fell out during a romantic getaway was today jailed for two years.
A schoolgirl today told a court how an American Akita dog called Chaos chewed through a fence to get into her garden, bit holes in the trampoline she was playing on then bit her 16 times during a savage attack.
A serial online troll was today behind bars after he admitted taunting the family of missing man Allan Bryant Jr for the second time.
A care home worker has been struck off after she left an elderly resident soaked in urine.
A balaclava-wearing trio targeted a supermarket in an early-hours attempt to steal a cash machine.
A country ranger has issued a warning to members of the public not to feed white bread to wild birds as it can cause bone deficiencies.
An "underground explosion" has caused delays on Stagecoach bus services.
Around 40 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a unit on an industrial estate.
An army wife has been invited to sing on stage in Dundee with renowned choir-master Gareth Malone.
A man has appeared at court accused of causing a false alarm by dialling 999 and telling fire control staff in Dundee his car had left the road and his partner was trapped in the vehicle.
Police are battling a significant rise in the amount of crack cocaine flooding the streets of Fife.
Foster carers have joined the “proud to foster” campaign.
Locals have stepped in to help the organisers of the Cupar Highland Games after thieves stole a trailer.