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Former councillor wades into Aberfeldy hydro debate from other side of the world
Debate over controversial proposals for a hydro scheme at the Birks of Aberfeldy has reached the other side of the world. (...)
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Accounts Commission says Balmossie saga shows fire board put politics before public purse
A spending watchdog has criticised councillors for failing to back the downgrading of a Tayside fire station. (...)
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Kinross-shire councillor gives damning assessment of party control in local politics
Central government control is turning local councillors into puppets, according to an elected member who has turned his back on party politics. (...)
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Ken Lyall's resignation from Perth and Kinross Council confirmed
A Highland Perthshire councillor who said he was standing down due to his disillusionment with politics has formally tendered his resignation. (...)
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'If you do not toe the party line you are ostracised' — SNP councillor Ken Lyall in shock resignation
A Perthshire councillor is to stand down and emigrate to Australia, blaming disillusionment with politics in part for his decision. (...)
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Casting vote ends St Mary's Monastery funding proposal
While expressing sympathy with the plight of St Mary's Monastery on Kinnoull Hill, councillor Willie Wilson used his casting vote as development control committee convener to reject a financial lifeline. (...)
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Balmossie fire station's future would be 'threatened' by service merger
Balmossie fire station could be at greater risk of closure or downgrading if Scotland's fire services are centralised, the convener of Tayside fire board has claimed. (...)
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Move to back national fire and rescue headquarters in Dundee fails
A Dundee councillor has failed to persuade fellow members of the Tayside Fire and Rescue Board that a single fire service to cover the whole of Scotland would be the best way forward — with Dundee as the ideal location for the national HQ. (...)
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SNP split on Scotland-wide fire service
SNP politicians in Tayside are not expected to accept proposals put forward by their party at Holyrood advocating a single, Scotland-wide fire service — despite one councillor's suggestion that party members should all be "singing from the same hymn sheet" on the matter. (...)
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Fire service merger must address 'front-line' issue
Tayside Fire and Rescue Board convener Ken Lyall has said that any move to merge Scotland's eight fire services should address the question of what constitutes a front-line service. (...)
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Figures on Balmossie crew call-outs 'misleading'
Balmossie firefighters put out only one overnight fire in a building or vehicle in their area in the last three months. (...)
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Sainsbury's supermarket to be built in Pitlochry
Councillors have agreed building a supermarket in Pitlochry would turn the town into the "hub" of Highland Perthshire. (...)
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Fire Brigades Union criticises suggestion of 'inevitable' service cuts
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has hit out at Tayside Fire and Rescue Board convener Ken Lyall suggesting frontline cuts would be "inevitable" if Scotland's eight fire services merged. (...)
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Frontline cuts 'inevitable' in fire services merger
The convener of Tayside Fire and Rescue Board admitted that he feels frontline cuts would be "inevitable" if Scotland's eight fire services were to merge. (...)
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Emergency services control merger could see fire jobs lost
Tayside Fire and Rescue's Dundee control room could be swallowed up by Tayside Police under plans to streamline services, with the loss of up to 22 fire service jobs. (...)
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SNP's Balmossie Fire Station row reignited
New fears for the future of the "very inefficient" Balmossie fire station on the outskirts of Dundee have re-ignited a bitter rift within the SNP. (...)
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'Quiet' Balmossie fire station row reopens
Balmossie fire station will not be downgraded for at least the next two years — but it should be considered for closure after that, according to the chairman of Tayside Fire and Rescue Joint Board. (...)
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Taymouth Castle sale talks prompt development hopes
More than four years after a multi-million pound redevelopment plan hit the buffers, Taymouth Castle could soon be given a new lease of life. (...)
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Backing for Tayside Police chief's approach to cuts
Members of Tayside Joint Police Board have pledged to back Chief Constable Justine Curran in her efforts to meet the "unprecedented" funding cuts the force is facing. (...)
Politicians 'fully entitled' to have differing Balmossie views, says Swinney
Finance minister John Swinney has admitted there were certain "differences of opinion" between him and his colleagues regarding the proposed downgrading of Balmossie fire station in Broughty Ferry. (...)
