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Dundee will be pitched into disciplinary procedures next week over their on-going Dens Park problems.

Dundee United have trolled rivals Dundee after blaming their Dens Park call off on CLIMATE CHANGE.

Perth and Kinross Council's leader will seek to meet with University of Highlands and Islands principal Vicki Nairn regarding the loss of up to 50 jobs at UHI Perth.

Perth and Kinross residents are being urged to seek support and advice on how to keep their homes warm and cheaper to heat.

Perth and Kinross Council has voted to defer a decision on fireworks.

Perth city centre traders could be heartened to see a new tenant for the closed Beales/McEwens department store building.

Perth city centre pubs and cafes will temporarily lose their outdoor seating areas as work on the £26 million Perth City Hall project progresses.

A Perth and Kinross councillor has been cleared by a watchdog of an alleged breach of the councillor’s code of conduct.

More than two thirds of Perth and Kinross 12 to 15-year-olds have now been vaccinated against COVID.

Get the latest Scottish parenting news sent straight to your inbox each week with our newsletter.Opposition councillors and SNP politicians have reacted angrily to a previously rejected frozen school meals proposal being dished up again.A plan to shift production of Perth and Kinross school meals to a central kitchen in depot in Dundee was previously rejected by councillors.But tomorrow (June 23) councillors will be asked to reconsider the proposal, which could see meals remain frozen for up to 18 months.SNP Perth City Centre councillor Eric Drysdale said he is “utterly appalled” the Conservative administration is putting the idea forward again after it was stopped in 2019 following a petition signed by 3000 people.He said: “This time they

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A SNP councillor has accused a Scottish Conservative MSP of making “misleading” remarks in relation to figures showing fewer beds have been made available to patients at Perth Royal Infirmary over the last few years.Perth City Centre councillor Eric Drysdale said he was “utterly appalled” when he read Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser’s take on figures showing 1700 fewer beds were made available to patients last year than in 2017 in Tuesday’s PA.Mr Fraser claimed the figures, released through Freedom of Information (FoI) laws, supported fears NHS Tayside has been seeking to “downgrade” the Taymouth Terrace hospital in that time.However, Cllr

Kinross-shire under a pilot scheme from Perth and Kinross Council.A committee will be set up to allow some decisions to be taken at a more local level.The idea was approved by Perth and Kinross Council at its special budget meeting on March 10.But one councillor suggested it should be up to the people of Kinross-shire to approve such a committee.At Wednesday’s meeting, SNP Perth City Centre councillor Eric Drysdale made a tongue-in-cheek suggestion they should maybe let residents in Kinross-shire hold a referendum.But after the meeting he told the Perthshire Advertiser there was a “half serious element” to his suggestion.Cllr Drysdale said: “It’s for the people of Kinross-shire to decide this rather than Perth and Kinross Council.”There was

Perthshire was hit with wintry weather on Wednesday night and Thursday, with some schools forced to close their doors to vulnerable children and key workers' kids. Perth City Centre councillor Eric Drysdale sits on the NHS Tayside board and chairs the Perth and Kinross integration joint board.

Plea for Perth and Kinross residents to have a reduced 'bubble' over ChristmasThe report of handling said the site had attracted “little interest” as an employment site. Councillors were recommended to depart from the local development plan and approve the site as a residential site with the development of 49 homes by Bellway.Perth City Centre SNP councillor Eric Drysdale raised concerns about the “significant flooding” in Perth city centre on August 11/12 downstream of this development site.

Perth councillor - who sits on the NHS Tayside board - is urging people to be patient when it comes to the COVID vaccine. Perth City Centre councillor Eric Drysdale made the remarks as he opened Wednesday’s IJB meeting.

Perth and Kinross councillor said he was "concerned" at the news. SNP councillor Eric Drysdale chairs the Perth and Kinross Integration Joint Board and sits on the NHS Tayside board.

Perthshire SNP politicians are urging Perth and Kinross residents to continue to stay at home.

Councillor Eric Drysdale will remain as chair of the Perth and Kinross Integration Joint Board (IJB), which controls the health and social care partnership, until autumn 2021.

Dundee chief John Nelms attempted to offer rival clubs sweetheart deals after his SPFL voting U-turn.

Keith Jackson: The entire issue remains as clear as mud. If Rangers have hard evidence of wrongdoing – and they appear to believe they do - then they need to make it public. Only then can anyone make a proper judgment call.

Rangers lit blue touch paper under the SPFL on Saturday - and called for chief Neil Doncaster to go.