It’s not every day that a talking kamikaze red grouse named Jock, who thinks he’s a dog, makes headlines in The Courier.
But luckily for you, valued readers, Friday is just that very day.
Oh yes, coming up in the Courier we bring you the tale of the feathered Perthshire resident who has been causing a flap in the glens near Dunkeld.
Locals have dubbed the stubborn chap a “bit of a character” after he was spotted on numerous occasions facing off with cars and taking a running jump at passing vehicles.
Bird-brained behaviour or bolshy banter? You decide!
Speaking of big decisions, our lad Stevie McCrorie has been urging Fifers (and even Taysiders) to vote for him in Saturday night’s final of TV talent show The Voice.
Our intrepid reporter has been “steaking” out the singer’s local butcher who has put on some special Stevie Sausages ahead of the big finale.
Banging bangers or blatant buck-grabbing? You decide!
In other news we have the story of a health awareness group warning Tayside parents not to let their kids gorge themselves over Easter, an interview with the landowners at Strathallan Estate ahead of this year’s T in the Park and all the fallout from tonight’s election debate.