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A hidden Dundee restaurant has picked up another major national award after being named Scotland's Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year. The Howff Secret Supper Club, tucked away beneath the Dundee Cooking Academy on Bank Street, took home the title at the Food Awards Scotland 2026. It marks another major achievement for the city centre restaurant, which was crowned overall Restaurant of the Year at…
Dundee Rep Theatre has been awarded more than £24,000 for work to protect and strengthen its historic Tay Square home. The theatre will receive £24,145 to carry out protection works to the listed building’s original glazing, helping make its windows more resilient to increased storm exposure, strong winds and fluctuations in temperature. The work will also help maintain the safe use of the popular…
Last year’s switch on event in City Square was a huge success (Picture: Kuljit Athwal) Dundee’s Christmas celebrations could take to the skies this year, with plans emerging for a drone light show as part of the city’s Christmas Switch-On. Dundee City Council has issued a tender for a drone display which, subject to the procurement process, could form part of the Christmas Switch-On celebrations…
A potentially groundbreaking malaria drug discovered by scientists in Dundee has taken a major step towards becoming a new treatment for the disease. Cabamiquine, an antimalarial compound invented at the University of Dundee, has been shown to be effective and have a favourable safety profile during an early-stage clinical trial involving adults and adolescents in Africa. The results mark an…
Everlast will open in the Overgate next year (Picture: The Vine PR / Supplied) A new Everlast gym is set to open inside Dundee’s Overgate Shopping Centre next year as further investment is planned for the city centre destination. Frasers Group has confirmed that an Everlast concept gym will open at Overgate in 2027, adding a major new leisure offering to the shopping centre. The gym will become…
A new summer sports festival is coming to Dundee next week - and it’s free to attend. Families and young people will be able to try everything from wheelchair sport and Gaelic football to cycling and basketball when a free sports festival takes over Lochee Park next week. Dundee’s Summer Sport Festival will take place on Friday 28 August, bringing more than a dozen sports clubs and activity…
Ambition will leave Dundee for a 19-night cruise to the Mediterranean (Picture: Wikimedia Commons) A spectacular 19-night cruise will set sail from Dundee next summer, taking passengers all the way to the Mediterranean to witness one of the biggest astronomical events of 2027. Ambassador Cruise Line have announced their Mediterranean Moments & Solar Eclipse cruise for Ambition which will depart…
The Tay Road Bridge has been part of Dundee life for 60 years (Picture: Shahbaz Majeed) 60 years ago today, Dundee changed forever when, on 18 August 1966, the Queen Mother officially opened the Tay Road Bridge, designed by William A Fairhurst. Six decades later, it’s difficult to imagine Dundee without it. Millions of journeys have been made across the Tay since that opening day - journeys to…
Some of Dundee’s most fascinating buildings are throwing open their doors this September, including historic churches, university buildings, artist studios, archives and even one of the world’s oldest ships. Doors Open Days returns to Dundee on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September, giving people the chance to explore places they might normally walk past without ever getting to see what is inside.…
The new museum is planning to open next year (Picture: Dundee Museum of Transport) The Dundee Museum of Transport has received a major £247,150 National Lottery boost as work continues to transform the historic Maryfield Tram Depot. Dundee Museum of Transport has been awarded the funding by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop the detailed plans for the permanent exhibition that will…
Dundee Airport may have lost its flights. It doesn’t necessarily have to lose its future. There is something incredibly sad about imagining Dundee Airport without a single scheduled passenger flight. For decades, the little airport beside the Tay has provided Dundee with something many cities of its size do not have: an airport almost on the doorstep of the city centre. Now, following Loganair’s…
A new exhibition celebrating 80 years of NCR in Dundee and the generations of city workers who helped transform the way people access and manage money around the world is coming to V&A Dundee. Working at ‘The Cash’: 80 Years of NCR in Dundee will open at the waterfront museum on Saturday, November 21. The exhibition will explore the remarkable history of National Cash Register in Dundee, from the…
Picture: Alan Richardson / Supplied A new £1 million community centre designed to support thousands of people across Dundee and beyond has officially opened its doors in Stobswell. The new Kanzen for Life Centre has transformed former industrial premises into a permanent hub for activity, wellbeing, learning and community development. The facility represents a major milestone for Kanzen for Life,…
For a couple of hours on an August evening, hundreds of people in Dundee had their eyes fixed on the sky. The city witnessed a spectacular partial solar eclipse on Wednesday, August 12, as the Moon moved across the face of the Sun and covered around 91% of it at the height of the event. Hundreds gathered in the grounds of Broughty Castle for a special viewing event organised by Mills Observatory,…
