Tory interim leader brands SNP in Glasgow an ‘abject failure’
Scottish Conservative interim leader Jackson Carlaw has branded the SNP’s first 18 months at the helm of Scotland’s biggest council as an “abject failure”.
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Motorists get the hump as ‘sleeping policemen’ damage their cars
More than one in five UK motorists has said that their cars have been damaged after driving over speed bumps, new data has revealed.
Perthshire towns join to build £1.6 million cycling and walking paths
Three Perthshire communities have joined forces to transform cycling and walking routes in a million-pound effort.
Council urged to approve 11 extra flats for waterfront development
Dundee City Council has been urged to approve plans to add 11 extra flats to a controversial waterfront development.
Tayside boy, 4, rushed to hospital after hogweed burn
A four-year-old boy had to be rushed to A&E after touching poisonous hogweed growing near his Tayside home.
Alyth couple in dispute with council over home repairs
A Perthshire couple have been battling housing bosses for a year over repairs to their home.
Crieff company earns council grant for winter festival
A Crieff company has been granted £30,000 by Perth and Kinross Council for a new winter festival.
School meal price rise branded “socially regressive”
Dundee Liberal Democrat councillors have called on SNP colleagues to reverse what they branded a “socially regressive” decision to increase school meal prices.
“We are being fobbed off” — Mill O’Mains community furious after learning pavilion won’t be rebuilt
Residents of a Dundee housing estate claim they are being "fobbed off" after the council said it does not have money to rebuild a fire-ravaged community pavilion.
Opposition parties urge rethink over service charge hikes
Opposition parties on Dundee City Council have urged the SNP administration to drop its plans to raise the price of school meals.