THREE eight year old schoolboys in Angus have been reported to the area’s youth justice assessor over allegations concerning an incident involving a young girl.

THE mother of a Scottish soldier who killed himself after serving in Afghanistan has called for a fatal accident inquiry into his suicide in a bid to prevent similar tragedies in the future.

Falkirk MP Eric Joyce has said he will make a decision on whether to stand down and force a by-election in the next few days, following a row over the Labour Party’s selection of his successor.

A FORMER prisoner of war camp which once held some of Hitler’s crack SS troops could be given a new lease of life - as a temporary home for the army of volunteers at next year’s Ryder Cup clash in Scotland.

GLOBAL cash machine and electronics firm NCR has moved to axe up to 70 jobs at its research and development operation in Dundee.

COUNCIL planners are recommending that controversial plans for a nine turbine wind farm in Perthshire should be refused - because of its impact on the Highland Fault, the distinctive geographical feature which marks the divide the Highland and Lowlands of Scotland.

POLICE Scotland are investigating the theft of £1,000 worth of cigarettes and tobacco from a major supermarket in Dundee.

A STUDENT at Stirling University took a baseball bat to a lecturer’s door after receiving a poor grade on an essay.

A 13-strong shortlist of authors from across the globe has been chosen to compete for this year’s prestigious Dundee International Book Prize.

THE Tayside Division of Police Scotland have launched an appeal to trace a van driver who left a 15 year-old schoolgirl distressed after asking her to come over to his vehicle.

NEARLY £3 million of improvements are set to be carried out to Dundee City Council’s housing stock.

VIOLENT crime has fallen in Dundee by more than a third over the past year, it was revealed today.

A MAN has been rushed to hospital after becoming critically ill in the custody area of the Police Scotland offices in Perth.

OFFICERS from the specialist crime division of Police Scotland have been brought in to investigate the theft of a top-secret dossier on the ex-Chief Constable of Tayside from the executive offices at the former force’s headquarters.

Golf fans can now register to get tickets for next year’s Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

A FULL-SIZE replica Spitfire has been erected as a memorial to 71 pilots killed during training in the Second World War.

PETE Wishart, the SNP MP for Perth and North Perthshire, is to officially open the seventh Etape Caledonia cycle event in Highland Perthshire on Sunday.

HUNDREDS of jobs are to be created by Webhelp TSC in Scotland’s Central Belt, First Minister Alex Salmond has announced.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build Scotland’s tallest wind turbine were approved by the Scottish Government despite opposition to the “noisy eyesore” from campaigners.

A SCOTTISH holidaymaker has died after getting into difficulties while diving in the Canary Islands.