Plans to increase safety of taxi and minicab passengers
All taxi and minicab drivers could have to pass enhanced criminal record checks under Government plans to protect vulnerable passengers.
All taxi and minicab drivers could have to pass enhanced criminal record checks under Government plans to protect vulnerable passengers.
A pilot has explained a key flight manoeuvre that British Airways performed while descending into London Heathrow during the difficult weather conditions of Storm Erik.
Bus operator Xplore insists it will work to protect its customers after safety concerns were raised over changes to a city service.
A fire chief whose son went into a month-long coma after a motorbike crash is urging people to learn the skills that could help save a life.
Motorists are being warned not to risk drink-driving as authorities launch a festive crackdown on the crime.
Police have launched Operation Respectful, encouraging people in Dundee to be safety conscious in the run-up to Christmas.
The familiar sound of a mother’s voice is more likely to rouse a sleeping child than the high-pitched wailing of a smoke alarm, a new study has shown.
Volkswagen and Seat are selling vehicles which Volkswagen Group knows have faulty seat belts, a consumer group has claimed.
Dundee City Council has agreed to spend £40,000 making the city a safer place.
Former JLS Star JB Gill has thrown his weight behind an initiative to improve farm safety for both staff and children after it emerged agriculture is still one of the most dangerous industries to work in.
THE number of Dundonians injured in fires has dropped to its lowest level in three years, a new report has revealed.
Family Safety Week — the national campaign of safety charity RoSPA — is this year being launched in Dundee in a bid to raise awareness of the dangers faced by under-fives in their own homes.
It can be a difficult time trying to pick up the pieces after someone has broken into your home.
Uber has announced a series of new safety measures in the UK, including more proactively working with police when incidents are reported and introducing a 24-hour customer support phone line.
Children are more likely to have a positive than negative experience online, new research has revealed.
The Fife branch of Scotland’s largest teaching union has called on Fife Council to review its school fire safety arrangements amid ongoing concerns in the wake of the Cairneyhill Primary fire.
The Dundee Community Safety Partnership has unveiled a new plan which aims to make the city a safer place to live over the course of the next five years.
Sleep deprivation disrupts brain cell communication in much the same way as alcohol, research has shown.
Parents at Dundee’s newest primary school have been given an assurance that their call for crossing patrollers will be considered.
Road accidents in Dundee cost locals £7.5 million a year, a new report has revealed.