Highland Perthshire: Last News

A councillor has said he was threatened with violence after asking someone to move their car.

Rural residents in Highland Perthshire have had no choice but to drive a 30-mile detour around a mountain after a key rural road collapsed.

The tranquil peace of rural Highland Perthshire was interrupted on Tuesday night by the booming sound of high-speed jets.

Perth and Kinross Conservatives have claimed essential council services are under pressure due to Scottish Government funding cuts.

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 is preparing to host thousands of the world's top cyclists in August as part of the biggest cycling event in history.

The Conservative group at Perth and Kinross Council has expressed outrage at the SNP choosing the convener of PKC's scrutiny committee.

Perth and Kinross Conservatives have been accused of having “gall” to criticise the Scottish Government over a lack of affordable housing after shelving social housing plans in Aberfeldy.

A Perth and Kinross councillor has called for more Scottish Government funding to provide rural affordable housing.

Perthshire tourism business has already drawn in £30,000 contributed by around a thousand people who cared strongly about the iconic Iron Age museum on Loch Tay. The Thistle Award-winning living history attraction and charity was a significant Highland Perthshire employer with a group of apprentices as well as volunteer guides.

Highland Perthshire woman was conned out of thousands of pounds in a recent telephone bank scam. The 60-year from Pitlochry was the victim of fraud with losses totalling £9000.

Loch Tay will look. A public consultation by the Scottish Crannog Centre in Kenmore has begun during which in the coming weeks the opinions of Highland Perthshire residents will be canvassed to ensure the exciting project is of benefit to all.

Highland Perthshire farmer has been elected as the 63rd president of the country’s largest agriculture union.Martin Kennedy, who has been a vice president at the National Farmers’ Union of Scotland (NFUS) since 2017, now takes over the organisation’s top role.Martin, who runs Lurgan Farm just a few miles north of Aberfeldy, was elected unopposed in last Friday’s vote at the NFUS’s virtual council meeting in Glasgow.Beggar kicked supermarket manager when asked to movePensioner admits making knife threat to wifeHe is a tenant farmer in Highland Perthshire and farms with his wife Jane and three daughters, Jillian, Katrina and Yvonne.They have 600 ewes and 60 cows on the farm rising from 800ft to over 2500ft.Martin served two years as Highland

Perth and Kinross councillor has slammed the council administration for not doing more to protect council tenants from flooding. The region is still counting the costs of the August 11/12 flooding - the worst in Perth and Kinross since 1993.

£118m Cross Tay Link Road gets the green light after full budget meeting The Conservative leader and Strathallan councillor Murray Lyle said: “Should we decide to halt or even pause this project today I fear that we may allow others to call into question our commitment or our ambition for the Stone of Destiny.”Deputy Conservative group leader councillor John Duff said: “Much has been said and debated about the use of Perth City Hall over the years.

Highland Perthshire councillor has called for further support after the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) announced cuts to half of its countryside jobs despite recent Scottish Government funding. The move will result in the loss of “decades’ worth” of specialist knowledge and skills, with the visitor centre at Killiecrankie and the Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve set to be affected.NTS rangers and ecologists have been at the forefront of vital nature conservation work. Perthshire doctor who survived COVID-19 organises run to raise money for Tayside children's hospital The one remaining ranger post covering the NTS’s North Perthshire sites, including Killiekrankie SSSI, is being turned into a visitor services role.

Blow as Scottish Game Fair at Scone cancels rescheduled 2020 event“We, unlike a £300,000 mortgage over 25 years, are given just five years to spread these costs.”Ricky explained that a three-month payment holiday offered by finance companies was now coming to an end and described the financial impact of that, coupled with furlough stopping, as potentially “horrendous.”He said: “We will struggle once furlough stops and we have to start paying finance.“We are a business partnership so they can come looking for your house afterwards, which is an added worry. It’s horrendous.”He added: “I think our industry is overlooked at times.

57-year-old man require hospital treatment after an alleged serious assault in the early hours of May 31.Gym at centre of planning row to close as search for new location continuesResidents said at the time they felt “under siege” as hundreds of visitors descended on the beauty spot near Blairgowrie.Since the incident, and similar concerns raised in other parts of Highland Perthshire, Police Scotland has increased patrols at a number of locations in a bid to clamp down on a spike in anti-social behaviour.As well as the increase in police patrols, new signs are due to be installed at the loch, highlighting responsible access, and restrictions on roadside parking are to be introduced “imminently”.Local resident Rick Rayburn told our sister

A councillor has suggested the leader of the local authority ought to “seriously consider his position” after two colleagues he accused of breaching a code of conduct were cleared by investigators.

Highland Perthshire politicians are calling on people tempted to visit the region during the Easter break to stay away.

Perthshire minister has jumped from the pulpit to the famous Soldier’s Leap to deliver his church service.Church of Scotland minister Neil Glover has been unable to deliver sermons to his church in person since lockdown.Like many other ministers, Rev Glover has switched to posting services online but has seen the numbers “attending” his services triple with viewers watching from across the globe.Ten schools could reopen fully in AugustHe and the other Highland Perthshire ministers have decided to make the most of their surrounding and on Sunday the adventurous minister delivered his sermon perched on a rock at the historic Killiecrankie landmark.At the start of the COVID-19 health crisis the church leaders of various Church of Scotland