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Lib Dems accuse Conservatives of selling out at stormy first meeting of new Perth and Kinross Council
The Tory group on Perth and Kinross Council was accused of ''selling its soul'' for plum positions as the first meeting of the new administration turned bitter. (...)
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T in the Park looking for pastures new — but still at Balado
T in the Park organisers say music lovers will be able to enjoy the festival in Kinross-shire for years to come. (...)
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'Long overdue' — the city of Perth celebrates a right royal triumph
The news that the hard-fought campaign to restore Perth's city status has been won has been greeted with widespread jubilation. (...)
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MP urges Grundon to avoid forcing council to spend any more 'unnecessary' money dealing with waste-to-energy plant plan
Perth and North Perthshire MP Pete Wishart has labelled costs accrued by Perth and Kinross Council over a failed plan for a waste-to-energy plant as ''unnecessary''. (...)
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'Lavish, luxurious, exquisite' — Cosla chooses five-star Fairmont St Andrews for its conference on public spending cuts
Councils in Tayside and Fife are split over sending delegates to a conference in a luxury Scottish hotel from today to discuss spending constraints. (...)
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Low-paid workers win right to have backdated wages claim heard at tribunal
More than 200 low-paid female employees of Dundee and Perth councils have won the legal right to take their claims for backdated pay under equal pay legislation to an employment tribunal. (...)
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Perth and Kinross Council told its Gaelic policy is creating 'two-tier' education system
A row has erupted over Perth and Kinross Council's failure to follow the lead of its Fife and Angus counterparts over Gaelic medium education (GME). (...)
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Council budgets: Perth and Kinross finds money for schools in time of cuts
Perth and Kinross Council announced a £62m programme of investment in its schools over the next five years at its annual budget meeting. (...)
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Planners urged to stop 'industrialisation' of the hills
A call has been made for an immediate moratorium on windfarms in the Ochil hills due to the ''cavalier, duplicitous and philistine'' approach of major power firms towards the area. (...)
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D-Day for Perth incinerator plan
A senior councillor has called on colleagues to make the right decision for the future of Perth and reject plans for an incinerator. (...)
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MP urges council to 'stand firm' with people by rejecting Grundon waste-to-energy plant plan
The MP for Perth and North Perthshire has urged the town's council leaders to reject a controversial application for a £100 million waste-to-energy plant. (...)
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Perth and Kinross Council aiming for 10-year ban on council house sales
The right to buy council housing in Perth and Kinross is set to be suspended for the next 10 years. (...)
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£3.8m project to bring Perth railway station into the 21st century
The Victorian grandeur of Perth railway station is set to be brought into the 21st century. (...)
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Nuclear Decommissioning Authority reveals plan to move Dounreay material through heart of Scotland
Plans to transport tonnes of hazardous material through Scotland have raised fears in communities along the likely route. (...)
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Councillors decide trying to resist bigger Calliacher windfarm would only waste money
Pleas from residents have failed to prevent an increase in the height of the controversial Calliacher wind turbines being approved. (...)
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The 80s are back! — Rewind Festival returning to Scone Palace in July
It's time to dust down your skintight dayglo lycra costumes, big shoulder pads and curly wigs — the Rewind Festival will return to Scone Palace in July. (...)
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Urlar Burn hydro scheme presented at public exhibition
Almost two years after rejection, a controversial hydro scheme could return to Highland Perthshire. (...)
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Councillor condemns vandals for Invergowrie war memorial damage
Carse councillor Peter Mulheron has condemned young vandals in Invergowrie after a war memorial to the village's fallen heroes was desecrated. (...)
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Courier probe reveals shocking threats faced by parking wardens
A Perthshire parking warden was pinned between a car and a van after trying to write a ticket, while another's family was threatened by a furious motorist. (...)
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Parent unhappy with council's response to teacher complaint
A Highland Perthshire mother is unhappy with the outcome of a council investigation into her complaint that her child had sticky tape placed across their mouth by a teacher. (...)
