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Bryan Copland

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📝💻📱 Deputy head of news and sport with @dc_thomson for @thecourieruk and @evening_tele📧 [email protected]

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And our leader column on why we took this fight on: Transparency is not an optional extra for public bodies, offered when convenient and withheld when embarrassing. thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/…
COURIER OPINION: Why we kept fighting for NHS Fife transparency on Sandie Peggie case

COURIER OPINION: Why we kept fighting for NHS Fife transparency on Sandie Peggie case

NHS Fife attempted to keep internal conversations about its controversial, 1,700-word statement on the Sandie Peggie tribunal secret.

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Alasdair Clark@alasdair_clarkOct 27
Read @thecourieruk's long read taking you inside NHS Fife as senior managers scrambled to contain the fall out from a controversial statement that lefts its reputation in ruins thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics…
Inside frantic NHS Fife talks after controversial Sandie Peggie statement sparked backlash

Inside frantic NHS Fife talks after controversial Sandie Peggie statement sparked backlash

Documents reveal how health board bosses and lawyers scrambled to respond to the growing firestorm following the fateful intervention.

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The Courier sent NHS Tayside seven questions to answer after the ex-deputy chief executive did not write her own witness statement to the Eljamel Inquiry. NHS Tayside refused to answer them. The health board took nearly two days to stonewall us. Here's our front page today.
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What could council shake-up look like for Tayside, Fife and Stirling? dlvr.it/TVhM9y

What could council shake-up look like for Tayside, Fife and Stirling?

The Courier analyses what the radical reforms might mean for locals - including clues from a local government reform paper.

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The Courier wants to know what you make of plans to radically reduce the number of health boards in Scotland from 14 to just two. dlvr.it/TVgXVG
Have YOUR say on NHS health board shake up across Tayside, Fife and Forth Valley

Have YOUR say on NHS health board shake up across Tayside, Fife and Forth Valley

The Courier wants to know what you make of plans to radically reduce the number of health boards in Scotland from 14 to just two.

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thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics… Disgraced surgeon Sam Eljamel ‘unanimously’ hired for in-demand NHS Tayside job
Disgraced surgeon Sam Eljamel 'unanimously' hired for in-demand NHS Tayside job

Disgraced surgeon Sam Eljamel 'unanimously' hired for in-demand NHS Tayside job

Documents reveal Dundee hospital chiefs lobbied government officials to speed up Eljamel's work permit application.

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The sheriff, who continued working with groundbreaking technology after an MND diagnosis, died at the weekend. dlvr.it/TVZkvC
Sheriff Alastair Carmichael: Tributes to pioneering Dundee law man who broke new ground for those...

Sheriff Alastair Carmichael: Tributes to pioneering Dundee law man who broke new ground for those...

The sheriff, who continued working with groundbreaking technology after an MND diagnosis, died at the weekend.

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The mum of a girl, 9, allegedly murdered in Arbroath has spoken to @thecourieruk ahead of her funeral in Leeds this week. Laurie said her daugter Minnie loved the town and asked to visit again the day before she died. thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/557…
Minnie Merriman's mum reveals daughter loved Arbroath and 'wanted to come back'

Minnie Merriman's mum reveals daughter loved Arbroath and 'wanted to come back'

Laurie Merriman spoke to The Courier as she prepares to say goodbye to Minnie, 9, who died on a family trip to Arbroath last month.

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The Courier has won a major transparency fight with NHS Fife after the health board was ordered to hand over records linked to a controversial statement it released during the Sandie Peggie trans row tribunal. thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics…
The Courier wins Sandie Peggie secrecy fight with NHS Fife as bosses ordered to hand over key...

The Courier wins Sandie Peggie secrecy fight with NHS Fife as bosses ordered to hand over key...

The health board was criticised for failing to even identify relevant files at the heart of the case before refusing our request.

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NHS Tayside spokespeople have gone on at me at length to insist the first concerns about Eljamel were raised in 2013. Today, the chief executive admitted concerns date back to Eljamel’s early practice, which started in 1995. thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics…
NHS Tayside chief slated for failures during 'car crash' evidence session at Eljamel Inquiry

NHS Tayside chief slated for failures during 'car crash' evidence session at Eljamel Inquiry

Nicky Connor was grilled by Jamie Dawson KC, with survivors of the disgraced surgeon Sam Eljamel left “dumbfounded” by her evidence.

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Testy exchange at the Eljamel Inquiry as Jamie Dawson KC demands "straight answers" from NHS Tayside chief executive Nicky Connor. "We can do this all day, because I’m looking for straight answers here," he said. Follow our live blog: thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/557…
Eljamel Inquiry: Ex-NHS Tayside deputy CEO gives evidence

Eljamel Inquiry: Ex-NHS Tayside deputy CEO gives evidence

Sandra Macleod gave evidence on the final day of the first phase of the inquiry.

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The Courier@thecourierukSep 9
EXCLUSIVE: Dundee Waterfront music festival first-year ticket sales revealed as organiser goes bust dlvr.it/TVNxfl
EXCLUSIVE: Dundee Waterfront music festival first-year ticket sales revealed as organiser goes bust

EXCLUSIVE: Dundee Waterfront music festival first-year ticket sales revealed as organiser goes bust

The Courier Focus obtained the 2025 figures as part of an investigation into the cancelled 2026 event.

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EXCLUSIVE: Future of Dundee Waterfront music festival thrown into doubt as organiser goes bust

EXCLUSIVE: Future of Dundee Waterfront music festival thrown into doubt as organiser goes bust

This year's Discovery Festival was cancelled but the promoter promised an extended four-day event in 2027 instead.

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Future of Scots music festival in doubt as organiser goes bust thescottishsun.co.uk/money/1…
Future of Scots music festival in doubt as organiser goes bust

Future of Scots music festival in doubt as organiser goes bust

A SCOTS music festival is under threat after the company who runs it collapsed. Discovery Festival on Dundee Waterfront’s future has been thrown into doubt after the company behind …

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EXCLUSIVE: Future of Dundee Waterfront music festival thrown into doubt as organiser goes bust dlvr.it/TVN30G
EXCLUSIVE: Future of Dundee Waterfront music festival thrown into doubt as organiser goes bust

EXCLUSIVE: Future of Dundee Waterfront music festival thrown into doubt as organiser goes bust

This year's Discovery Festival was cancelled but the promoter promised an extended four-day event in 2027 instead.

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NHS Tayside, Fife and Forth Valley to be split into new east-west health boards dlvr.it/TVGyjN
NHS Tayside, Fife and Forth Valley to be split into new east-west health boards

NHS Tayside, Fife and Forth Valley to be split into new east-west health boards

First Minister John Swinney called the changes the “most significant” NHS reforms since devolution.

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BREAKING: Jim Goodwin admitted to hospital as Dundee United boss suffers health scare thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/fo…
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘I’m a qualified doctor but I can’t practise’: Fife medical graduate Ellie Gudgin was among 74 students from Scottish medical schools unable to begin their Foundation training in Scotland this year despite ranking Scotland as their first choice. thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics…
EXCLUSIVE: Why Scottish-trained medical graduates are being forced to leave Scotland

EXCLUSIVE: Why Scottish-trained medical graduates are being forced to leave Scotland

Fife medical graduate Ellie Gudgin was among 74 students from Scottish medical schools unable to begin their Foundation training in Scotland this year - despite ranking Scotland as their first choice.

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Police Scotland is now looking for the seventh officer to occupy the top Tayside role in just 13 years. dlvr.it/TVBg2h
EXCLUSIVE: Tayside police chief who oversaw Dundee knife incident controversy quits for more senior...

EXCLUSIVE: Tayside police chief who oversaw Dundee knife incident controversy quits for more senior...

Police Scotland is now looking for the seventh officer to occupy the top Tayside role in just 13 years.

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Major search for passenger missing from cruise ship docked in Dundee dlvr.it/TV6QsH
Live updates from Dundee search for missing man who went overboard cruise ship

Live updates from Dundee search for missing man who went overboard cruise ship

Lifeboats, a coastguard helicopter and a fixed-wing aircraft have been tasked with helping in the search.

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Readers and businesses back newspapers’ High Street campaign dlvr.it/TV6Gj7
Readers and businesses back newspapers' High Street campaign - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage

Readers and businesses back newspapers' High Street campaign - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage

Survey looked at plight of town and city centres

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