Our political editor Kieran Andrews has spent an hour in the company of First Minister Alex Salmond.
In a wide-ranging interview the man who could be leading an independent nation in just 18 months tells us all about the Government’s hopes and aspirations, as well as reflecting on the big issues affecting Courier Country.
We have amazing details of an RAF medic’s battle with the Taliban. Five people owe the brave Perth man his life find out why in your action-packed Courier.
Do you know just what is lurking in the waters of Courier Country’s beaches? No? Ignorance is bliss…find out more about some uncomfortable truths, and why desperate action is required.
We also have all the latest on proposals to privatise search and rescue helicopters. We reveal what the Tayside Mountain Rescue Team leader makes of the plans.
Find out why the father and partner of a killed Fife man believe the justice system has been left with “blood on its hands” after the man who stabbed him walked free from court.
Courier Sport will have extensive coverage of Dunfermline’s move toward administration.
Jim Leishman, Jim Jefferies, Jordan McMillan and union representative Fraser Wishart all speak to our writers.
Columnist Christian Dailly has his say on the Fife club’s plight, as well as old manager Paul Sturrock’s bizarre situation at Southend.
There will also be a report and reaction from Scotland’s World Cup qualifying clash with Serbia.
Dundee United boss Jackie McNamara sets his players a points total to make the top six, while a Dundee player reflects on a Scotland under-21 victory.
Andy Murray plays in the Sony Open in Miami, and Scottish world champion boxer Ricky Burns finds out his next opponent.
For all this and more, see Wednesday’s Courier.