Rigging down at Discovery

RESTORATION work has begun on RRS Discovery, and as the masts and rigging come down for repair, so have admission prices.

Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s famous expedition ship is closed until November 21, but there are still things for visitors to see and do at Discovery Point.

Admission (now half its normal price) i ncludes entry to the visitor centre and its exhibitions, as well as to the café and gift shop.

RRS Discovery’s repair programme is expected to last nine months. A crowdfunding campaign is hoping to raise £40,000 of the £350,000 needed.

Paul Jennings, executive director for Dundee H e r i t a g e Tr u s t , s a i d : “Discovery Point is one of Dundee’s key places to visit and hugely popular with locals and tourists.

“That’s why we will keep our doors open at Discovery Point while the rigging work is under way.

“The last ti me the Discovery’s masts came down was when she came into dock in Dundee in 1992.”

The incident took place at Alexander Street, near the Ellenbank Bar, at around 7pm yesterday.

Today, police said a 37-year-old woman had been charged in connection with the alleged incident.

Residents reported hearing a bang outside the flat, at which four storeys of scaffolding were erected.

The road was closed for several hours following the alleged incident.

Today, police said no one had been injured.

Darlene Malone, 42, who lives nearby, said a loud noise alerted her to the incident. She said: “I just heard a bang. “The bumper and part of the radiator had come off the car.

“Later workers came and took the scaffolding away.

“It’s a good thing that the ground floor flat was empty.”

Another eyewitness saw the incident as he was driving home from work.

He said: “The road was blocked off — there were police there and also a fire engine.

“There must have been five police cars with all their lights flashing and at least 10 officers.

“Officers were turning people around and getting various pieces of equipment out of the cars and running back up the road.

“The fire crew were all huddled at the bottom of a scaffold pointing up at the building.

“It was shocking — seeing the emergency services there have me a real fright.

“I thought that it must be a really

EMERGENCY services were called after a motorist allegedly collided with the wall of a ground floor flat and struck scaffolding.