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STEVE FINAN: Why I think Dundee’s two-tier policing system for Travellers is unfair

I feel sorry for Travelling people. They are demonised everywhere they go. It is a human right to enjoy a free-wheeling, relaxed, alternative...

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Steve Finan

MARTEL MAXWELL: Broughty Ferry park upgrades were worth the wait but a long time coming

This time last year, the most often uttered phrase in Dundee was surely: “summer, what summer?” We lamented the rainy days and asked “is that...

yesterday 5

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Martel Maxwell

JIM SPENCE: Imagine we judged council in Dundee using scoring used to reject Christmas Village bid

I wonder how well Dundee City Council would do if its efforts at running the city were measured on the same scoring process it used to reject the...

previous day 3

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Jim Spence

CHERYL PEEBLES: My week living on a food parcel struck a nerve with readers angry we have more foodbanks than McDonald’s

I wrote about my experience of living on a foodbank parcel for a week. My article, published in The Courier on Saturday, got a lot of attention....

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Cheryl Peebles

REBECCA BAIRD: Could Lochee High Street be the answer to Keiller Centre dilemma?

“Where will you go if the Keiller Centre closes?” This was the question I asked the last remaining unit owners in the under-threat Dundee shopping...

27.07.2025 2

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Rebecca Baird

STEVE FINAN: Has Dundee council chief’s past caught up with him?

Something pungently stinks about the furore between Dundee City Council’s chief executive Gregory Colgan, the Scottish Government, and Scottish...

25.07.2025 2

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Steve Finan

MARTEL MAXWELL: Suggestive comment in Dundee Aldi shows Benny Hill mentality still exists

This week, a fleeting conversation with a stranger has been playing on my mind. An innocuous comment from a man behind me in the queue at Aldi on...

24.07.2025 4

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Martel Maxwell