River Tay: Last News

Wings from World War II made a dramatic flypast over Perth on Wednesday, July 20.

Scotland's rivers and reservoirs could be at risk of water scarcity as temperatures continue to soar across the country and Scots make greater use of water than usual to keep cool.

A plot of land west of Lochearnhead just outside Perthshire near the village where legendary Scottish outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor was laid to rest is scheduled to be auctioned off next week.

Emergency services saved a man from the River Tay early this morning.

Children's TV icon Timmy Mallett is to auction off a limited print of his painting depicting the River Tay at dusk to support a charity that helped his late brother, who died in 2018.

A much-loved and prominent former Perth businessman has been remembered on what would have been his 100th birthday.

A Perthshire outdoor adventure company has had its litter-picking efforts acknowledged in national awards.

A total of £375,000 in funding has been allocated to a Highland Perthshire -based project aiming to tackle visitor management pressures on the River Tay.

Tributes have been paid to a 'one of a kind' Scot after police found a body in a Perthshire river.

A legendary angler who claims to have landed more salmon in Scotland than anyone else, past or present, has retired from his job as a ghillie on the River Tay.

Perth is having another stab at being named the UK’s City of Culture, but in the bid for 2025, the Fair City will not pitch alone, instead making a joint application as part of the Tay Cities Region (TCR). Disappointment hit Perth last time around in 2017, with the city giving way to Paisley as Scotland’s hope.

Perth Sheriff Court staff and members of the legal profession gathered to say a fond farewell to Sheriff Lindsay Foulis who has retired after 20 years on the bench. Appointed as a resident sheriff at Perth in 2001, he has been a popular and respected figure as he administered justice in the court building overlooking the River Tay.

River Tay in Dundee. The man was spotted in the South Victoria Dock Road area of the city’s harbour at around 11pm on Tuesday, June 29.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.A jet skier has rejected claims that water sports enthusiasts are making residents’ lives a misery with the noise of their machines.The individual, who uses the River Tay beside Perth, contacted the PA after reading our report about a petition calling on PKC to consider banning the use of jet skis between the Queen’s Bridge and the North Inch.The petition organiser told the PA earlier this month he and other residents regularly have to put up with “diabolical” levels of noise as jet skiers pass their properties and perform amateur acrobatics on the water.However, the jet skier insists the claims cannot be true as he and his friends can only take

River Tay at Perth on Monday afternoon.Officers on foot as well as search and rescue dogs scoured the length of Tay Street and a coastguard helicopter was scrambled to search after a GPS location beacon, as can be carried by hillwalkers and canoeists, was detected.Despite a major search of the water from above and of the riverbank conducted on foot near the city centre towards Moncreiffe Island no person in trouble was found and the crews left the area around 5pm.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were made aware of a personal emergency beacon activated in an area close to the River Tay in Perth around 2.30pm on Monday, June 21.“A thorough search of the area has been carried out by officers working with partners from HM Coastguard and

dog has washed up beside a Scots river sparking a frantic SSPCA appeal.

tragic accident in a Scots river.Margaret Wares' body was found in the Dighty Burn in the Monifieth area of Angus on Tuesday night.It's believed Margaret was trying to rescue her dog Dizee from the river which was flowing incredibly fast as snow was melting, when she is said to have fallen in.A search, including resources from HM Coastguard and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, took place at around 10.45pm with the tragic discovery made near the River Tay a short time later.Shocked friends and family have been left stunned by the tragic news.Margaret worked at local café The Lairds Larder and her business partner, Shona, broke the news to their devastated customers on Facebook.She said: "It is in a state of shock that I have to post

Perth had to change after concerns that a stroll around the Inches might infringe on tightened coronavirus regulations. The weekly wellbeing walk has been scrapped and now those who would have liked to go are being encouraged to talk in a closed Facebook group.Craigie takeaway owner Pete Chan came up with an idea to bring people who were isolated and feeling down to meet others outdoors.

Unique piece of artwork just off A9 raises awareness of mental healthAnd last week, one salmon’s leap above the waves was to provide a once in a lifetime experience for a Scottish angler and his ghillie.For the muscular monster jumped straight into their boat without hitting the sides.Arnot McWhinnie and Peter Keay, friends for decades with a combined 120 years salmon fishing between them, were left open mouthed with amazement.Mum calls for ban on energy drink sales to youths after seeing affects on sonGhillie Peter, who works on the River Tay’s famed Almondmouth beat, said: “I saw the fish’s head and body emerge like a torpedo and shouted on Arnot to watch out.“It then thrashed about in the bottom of the boat, no doubt wondering where he

This week marks 60 years since the Queen’s Bridge in Perth officially opened.Her Majesty The Queen visited the Fair City on October 10, 1960 for the ceremony which seen the bridge open to vehicles.Since then, it has carried traffic on the A93 over the River Tay. To mark the anniversary, former Perthshire Advertiser harbour correspondant John Aitken has taken a trip down memory lane to look back at the sandboats of the Tay which helped in its construction. John has been helped by Ian Dutch, whose father and grandfather owned a fleet of sandboats at Perth Upper Harbour and whose sandboat Kinfauns supplied all the sand and aggregates for the construction of the bridge.There was a time when fathers and grandfathers could take their sons and

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