Dundee and Tayside – Thu, 13 Dec, 2012

Rail passengers could face major disruption in the days before Christmas after Scotrail workers announced they’re to strike. They’ve named the twenty second of December and Christmas Eve for the walk out. It follows a bitter dispute over the dismissal of a ticket inspector. In other news: Police searching for a woman who went missing in Perth earlier this week have recovered a body. An operation was launched after Doreen MacIntyre disappeared from the grounds of Murray Royal Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. Officers had been scouring Kinnoull Hill and have confirmed they found a body there this afternoon. A man who borrowed his father’s car was found driving it a few hours later with nearly forty thousand pounds worth of cannabis in the boot. Derek Brown was on his way home to rural Perthshire when he was caught with almost four kilos of the drug wrapped in a sealed cardboard box. Scottish Wild Salmon is to achieve the same coveted status as another icon of the North Sea. It’s name and provenance is to be protected by EC legislation – just like the Arbroath Smokie. And in sports: Tom Watson’s vowed to do all he can to end America’s miserable Ryder Cup record. He’s been named as the USA Captain for the 2014 event at Gleneagles. The 63 year old has become the oldest captain in Ryder Cup history.
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