Arliss Rhind has retired as news editor of The Courier in Dundee after 50 years in journalism.

Arliss joined Courier owners DC Thomson as a junior reporter in 1957, beginning a career which saw him cover news stories around the world.

After eight years he moved to the Scottish Daily Express in Glasgow, and within two years was transferred to the head office of the Express in Fleet Street.

Arliss (right) said: "Fleet Street was at its height at that time. It was the most exciting place in the world for a journalist."

After a few years of general reporting, Arliss joined the ranks of Express foreign correspondents, covering assignments in Africa, America and the Far East.

He was appointed a junior executive in London in 1973 and within two years had been made news editor of the Express, a position he held for five years, working under eight Express editors, including Alistair Burnett and Derek Jameson.

He later became an assistant editor of the Daily Express.

In the early 1980s Arliss left the Express to join a former colleague, Sir David English, at the Daily Mail, as an associate and then assistant editor.

Later Arliss and his wife Dorothy returned to the Dundee area, where they set up sports businesses in Arbroath and Carnoustie.

In 1992 Arliss rejoined The Courier, taking over the news editor's position in 1997.

He said: "By 1985, the whole ambience of Fleet Street had changed. New technology was moving in and the nationals were moving out of Fleet Street.

"I was one of the hot metal men, used to typewriters and clanking linotype machines. I had enjoyed the great days of Fleet Street and I felt it was time to go home."

Sadly, Dorothy, Arliss's wife of 45 years, died in March, prompting his decision to finally retire.