It’s Saturday. Shopping day for thousands. But is a 5p tax on your plastic bags going to change your habits?
We investigate the implications of the controversial levy.
Still on the high street and we run the rule over an innovative “test town”. Young people have set up numerous pop-up shops in Dunfermline as part of a nationwide challenge to rejuvenate our shopping areas. The results? Find out in Saturday’s Courier as our reporter Leeza Clark puts the test into test town.
Fishing fans flocked to Arbroath on Friday as a new commercial boat was launched for the first time in a generation. Find out more in our ship-shape edition.
Still on the high seas, and completion of the UK’s biggest aircraft carrier has moved a step forward courtesy of the painstaking addition of a mammoth 750-tonne control tower. It is a real behemoth.
The force was well and truly with a Perthshire-born Holywood star as he picked up an OBE at Bucks Palace. It was a great day out for the heart-throb and certainly better than a day spent Trainspotting. Sure you don’t need another clue….?
Our man Graeme Ogston is still on the cultural trail, with Hull his latest stop on a whistle-stop tour of Dundee’s City of Culture 2017 rivals. Find out why he felt the need to don a cracking top hat while seeing the sights.
In sport, the new investment in Dundee will go through in the next couple of days after the necessary paperwork was completed.
Boss John Brown tells us the plans he has for the cash.
Meanwhile, Dundee United have lined up an impressive signing target, while St Johnstone players are starting to think about their European campaign.
Off the pitch, United chairman Stephen Thompson speaks about his new role on the SPFL board.
We’ll have all the reaction from Andy Murray’s third round clash at Wimbledon, and a preview of the second Lions’ Test in Australia.
For all of these weekend treats and many more see Saturday’s Courier or why not try our digital edition?