Health & Wellbeing

Dundee fitness trainer Megan Osborne shares her top tips for getting fit without going to the gym. Image: Mhairi Edwards/DC Thomson

5 ways to get fit without the gym – with Dundee personal trainer Megan Osborne

Finding an hour or two to workout can be hard when you have a busy lifestyle, but Megan has a few tips on how to find ways of keeping fit when free time is limited.

By Debbie Clarke

health care worker helps woman from wheelchair onto a sofa as part of home care services Dundee

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Baroness Rafferty of Kirkcaldy gives her maiden speech in the House of Lords

Former Fife nurse on her rise from Kirkcaldy tomboy to House of Lords seat

Baroness Rafferty of Kirkcaldy spoke to The Courier of her humble beginnings after giving her maiden speech in the House of Lords earlier this month.

By Claire Warrender

Kirkcaldy nurse Louise Schofield was diagnosed with a Desmoid tumour in 2019.

How Kirkcaldy nurse’s ‘pulled muscle’ turned out to be a rare tumour

Mum-of-two Louise Schofield is determined to try every treatment possible in the hope that one day there will be a cure for the condition Desmatoid Fibromatosis.

By Debbie Clarke

Jana Greig leading Poppy Watson through a yoga class on Kingsbarns Beach. Image: Rick Booth

I tried a sauna yoga experience at Kingsbarns Beach – are the huts worth the hype?

Here's what happened when I tried out the Sea, Sauna and Yoga experience at Scottish Wild Sauna's popular Kingsbarns Beach location.

By Poppy Watson

Kirkcaldy runner Gordon Hannah is taking part in the Sahara race, Marathon des Sables, in April. Image: David Wardle.

Fife sportsman on swapping Kirkcaldy beach for Sahara Desert as he prepares for ‘toughest race on earth’

Gordon Hannah will run an ultra-marathon in the Sahara Desert in Morocco in April to raise money for Doddie Aid as well as mental health causes - after his own battle with depression and anxiety.

By Debbie Clarke