Michael Alexander - Journalist -The Courier

11/09/2026

How Monifieth trishaws bring fresh air, friendship and freedom to those who struggle to get out.
The service lets people enjoy the waterfront – but with 24 trained volunteers, it is appealing for more help.
Cycling Without Age
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The service lets people enjoy the Monifieth waterfront – but with 24 trained volunteers, it is appealing for more help.

09/09/2026

Robin Keay led the Perthshire Advertiser for 32 years, overseeing the newspaper through the transformation from hot metal printing to the computer age.
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Robin Keay led the Perthshire Advertiser for 32 years, overseeing the newspaper through the transformation from hot metal printing to the computer age.

08/09/2026

The Crieff businessman and dad-of-three won the 2024 Scottish Superbike title, and is remembered as a fiercely competitive, adventurous and devoted family man. Read more: https://ebx.sh/62eOw0

08/09/2026

Thoughts with the family of William Monie who are celebrating his life at Knockhill Racing Circuit and in Comrie today.
The Crieff plumber, six-time Scottish motorcycle champion and dad-of-three won the 2024 Scottish Superbike title, and is remembered as a fiercely competitive, adventurous and devoted family man.
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The Crieff businessman and dad-of-three won the 2024 Scottish Superbike title, and is remembered as a fiercely competitive, adventurous and devoted family man.

05/09/2026

05/09/2026

A Dundee mum who died suddenly has been described as a “beautiful, funny, thoughtful, generous and fiercely loving” person who always put others first.
Bethany Herd, 31, originally from Dundee and latterly living in Balmullo, Fife, was found dead at home on the morning of August 27.
Her mum Mandy said Bethany had spent much of her life looking after other people through her work in care, her close relationships with family and friends and as a mother to her six-year-old son Izaiah.
“She would give you her last penny,” Mandy told The Courier at home in Balmullo, as the family awaited the results of a post-mortem examination into the cause of death.
“She’d give and give and give and not leave anything for herself.
“That was Bethany.”
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Bethany Herd, who died at home in Balmullo, Fife, is remembered as a ‘beautiful, funny and thoughtful’ daughter.

03/09/2026

‘Nobody could fish like our dad’: Daughters pay tribute to former Meikleour Estate ghillie Ron Mann.
The Monifieth-born Bankfoot man, who has died at 93, was a former Royal Navy man, accomplished fisherman and lifelong lover of the countryside.
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The Monifieth-born ghillie of Bankfoot, who has died at 93, is remembered as a much-loved family man, accomplished fisherman and lifelong lover of the countryside.

02/09/2026

02/09/2026

‘Dundee will be less colourful without Mum’: Tribute to Broughty Ferry teacher and Bonnie Dundee driving force Catherine Lawson.
The former Grove Academy teacher and Bonnie Dundee community champion, has died at 75. She helped transform the city’s green spaces.
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Catherine Lawson, a former Grove Academy teacher and Dundee community champion, has died at 75. She helped transform the city’s green spaces.

02/09/2026

David Steel spends nine months a year on the island in the Firth of Forth, counting puffins, watching seals and tracking the changing fortunes of Scotland’s seabirds. Read more: https://ebx.sh/t0dTMk