WEEK IN NUMBERS

160,000

The number of pieces of safety equipment lying around Fife homes.

Fife Council is hoping that aids such as zimmers and walking sticks will be handed back by locals.

4,000

The number of new homes planned for Angus over the next decade.

If all 4,620 homes are built, it would bring around £950 million in economic output, 18,780 construction and related jobs and increased council tax receipts.

125

The number of jobs lost to Dundee with the rejection of plans for a new Next store.

City councillors voted to reject the retailer’s proposal for a home and garden store by 16 to 11. There were fears for trade in the city centre.

9

The length of the blue shark, the second largest ever caught off the coast of Britain.

The 9ft 2in creature was reeled in by a fisherman, raising fears that the large predators are being lured closer to shallower waters.

1,500

The number estimated to have visited the second annual Ferry Food Fayre.

The event was organised by the Broughty Ferry Traders’ Association and self-confessed foodies enjoyed a wide range of local produce.

71

The age of Doreen Pechey, who is the oldest ballerina in Britain to pass the Royal Academy of Dance’s Grade 6 exam.

Mrs Pechey began taking classes 10 years ago and said she was “really pleased.”