Find out details of the local health board which has paid out more than £20 million in compensation following a series of surgical blunders.
The figures have sparked a furious response from the Scotland Patients’ Association, who insisted it is time to question just why so many mistakes are being made.
Britain is still basking in the glory of an amazing 2012 – with memories of the London Olympics still fresh we look at the corner of Courier Country that is set to capitalise on the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Meanwhile, we speak to the victim of a brutal and totally unprovoked stabbing in Dundee. In a remarkably honest interview, he tells us how his life has changed forever.
Find out who has donated an incredible £50,000 to the Scottish air ambulance campaign – and read about the more modest donations that have reignited one Fife family’s belief in humankind following a heart-breaking theft.
We report on the funeral of a true legend – Dundee’s own “blade runner” Ronnie McIntosh.
We also investigate the case of a disabled Broughty Ferry man who has been left with a staggering tax demand.
There is more on the Stonehaven flooding saga – including an apology for the devastated families affected twice in just three years.
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