WEEK IN NUMBERS

150

The number of jobs to be created in Coupar Angus. The 2 Sisters Food group, one of Perthshire’s largest employers has expanded its cutting operation at its chicken processing site in the town. It will take the workforce to 720.

£3,000

The value of trafiic cones and road barriers stolen from a Dundee street. Police Scotland are making inquiries into the theft which took place in Lochee. Traffic cones are estimated to costs around £125 each.

16m

The number of times the video unveiling Jodie Whittaker as the new Dr Who has been watched. Jodie becomes the 13th Doctor and the first woman to take the role.

81.2

The average number of years that babies born in Britain in 2015 are expected to live. They have the 20th highest life expectancy in the world, coming after Singapore, Australia, Israel, Malta and Ireland.

1746

The date at which a set of bagpipes was played at the Battle of Culloden. The pipes belonged to a piper from Loch Awe and will form part of a display at the Soldiers of Killiecrankie event on July 30. Another set was made in 1749.

108

The age of Dunfermline man Jim Crombie. He attribues his longevity to a tipple of brandy and a Stephens the Bakers pie. However, on his birthday he had cake.