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All the latest news from Tayside and Central Scotland.

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River City actor Iain Robertson dragged woman by hair, court hears bbc.in/4edtRl5

River City actor Iain Robertson dragged woman by hair, court hears

Robertson - who played Stevie O'Hara in the BBC soap - denies eight charges involving four women, including one charge of rape.

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University of Dundee to cut 190 more jobs to save £20m bbc.in/4fNZ1AK

Dundee University to cut 190 more jobs to save £20m

The university has already cut 675 jobs through voluntary redundancies since it announced a large deficit in late 2024.

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Man, 23, charged after woman raped in Arbroath bbc.in/4vRf9pL

Man charged after woman raped in Arbroath

The incident happened on 6 June in the Bridge Street area of the town.

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Teenager's pride as artwork chosen for Scotland World Cup team bus bbc.in/4vLFkhl

Teenager's pride as artwork chosen for Scotland World Cup team bus

Sean McIntosh's design features on the Scotland squad's coach during the football tournament

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Your pictures of Scotland bbc.in/3QneAom

Your pictures of Scotland: Photographs from around the country

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

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Brother and sister guilty of attacking girls in Dundee bbc.in/3QwYIjn

Brother and sister guilty of attacking teenage girls in Dundee

A court heard the man made sexual remarks to a group of girls before he and his sister attacked two of the group

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'It's hit people hard': Coastguard volunteers no longer paid for callouts bbc.in/4e4uu0g

'It's hit people hard': Coastguard volunteers will no longer be paid for callouts

A volunteer from the Borders says plans to remove their remuneration has hit morale in the service.

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Scotland's councils face £530m budget shortfall bbc.in/4oo7KvJ

Scotland's councils facing £530m budget shortfall

The Accounts Commission has warned local authorities that their funding plans are not keeping pace with rising costs.

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Arbroath and Broughty Ferry: A tale of two high streets bbc.in/43nOt3P

Arbroath and Broughty Ferry: A tale of two high streets

The fortunes of both high streets will be one of the big topics to be considered by the constituency's new MP, following next week's election.

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University of Dundee staff vote in support of more strike action bbc.in/3RX1jn8

Dundee University staff vote in support of more strike action

The University and College Union (UCU) staged the latest ballot as part of a long-running dispute over cuts and job losses.

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Scottish government confirms £1m Coalsnaughton support package bbc.in/4fASOb3

Scottish government confirms £1m Coalsnaughton support package

Almost 100 properties in the former Clackmannanshire mining village have been evacuated after ground movement

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Restaurateur fined after level-crossing near-miss bbc.in/4opW1g8

Restaurateur fined after level-crossing near-miss

A solicitor described the incident near Crianlarich as "like a harrowing episode of Thomas The Tank Engine"

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Report warns of 'slowdown' in Scotland's rural land market bbc.in/4xf4zu8

Report warns of 'slowdown' in Scotland's rural land market

The Scottish Land Commission says the market has been hit by lower than expected returns from environmental schemes.

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Chaka Khan and Simple Minds to headline Radio 2 in the Park bbc.in/43VVZTz

Chaka Khan and Simple Minds to headline Radio 2 in the Park

The three-day flagship event is set to take place between 11 and 13 September in City Park, Stirling.

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Pallet firm fined £160,000 after worker's arm trapped in machine bbc.in/4e0Qsja

Pallet firm fined £160,000 after worker's arm trapped in machine

The employee sustained serious injuries in the incident in Livingston in November 2023

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How your World Cup viewing could cause rare late night power surges bbc.in/4uhbBfi

How your World Cup viewing could cause rare power surges

Scotland and England's group games kick off at times when Britain's energy demand is usually at its quietest.

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Coalsnaughton residents: 'We were uprooted in an instant' bbc.in/3Qqdp7I

Coalsnaughton residents: 'We were uprooted in an instant'

Residents of a former mining village evacuated after ground movement call for 'proper national level support'

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Your pictures of Scotland: 29 May - 5 June bbc.in/3RRlUZZ

Your pictures of Scotland: Photographs from around the country

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

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Companies offered contracts worth £2bn to dual last 58 miles of A9 bbc.in/4g0LQMF

Companies offered contracts worth £2bn to dual last 58 miles of A9

It said the first of these final contracts would be for the Dalraddy and Slochd section.

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Coastguard volunteers no longer paid for callouts bbc.in/4e4luqE

Coastguard volunteers no longer paid for callouts

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said it was "revising" the way the service operates following a court judgement.

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