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Coaches at crisis-hit Perthshire youth football club sacked after ‘underage drinking’ videos emerged
Several parents have come out in support of the fired officials.
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Perth Leisure Pool fate in councillors’ hands as D-Day dawns for £28m care home and 100 flats plans
Planners are recommending councillors approve two separate applications for the Perth Leisure Pool site at Glover Street.
Kilos of cannabis, gummies and vapes found in drug-filled Perth flat
Dealer Cameron Munro's 15-month illicit enterprise, which included cannabis, resin, vapes, gummies and edibles, was rumbled when police arrived at his home in Letham.
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Railway trespasser disrupts train services between Perth and Inverness
Emergency services were called to the Aviemore area on Tuesday.
More than 39,000 illicit cigarettes and 7.5kg of tobacco seized in Tayside crackdown
Police Scotland's launched their Operation Machinize project in October.
Tuesday court round-up — Death crash trial for footballer
A round-up of court cases from Tayside, Fife and Stirlingshire.
Betting shop plans for former Perth Mountain Warehouse approved
The new store is expected to create six jobs in total.
Tighter safety measures to be considered at Perthshire beauty spot after dangerous parking on A9
The Hermitage at Dunkeld has been overrun with visitors in recent weeks, prompting calls for safety measures.
Two charged after overnight break-ins at Perth shops
The Co-op on Darnhall Drive was targeted as part of the break-ins.
Perth Civic Trust backs Glover Street as location for new leisure centre as row escalates
The heritage society also raised questions of the land being gifted to the local authority by John Dewar & Sons, Distillers.
EXCLUSIVE: Why no council ‘buy-back’ clause in £1 Perth High Street ‘hotel’ building sale?
Perth and Kinross Council will get first refusal to buy back Pitlochry Town Hall if it returns to market, so why not 1-5 High Street?
Raider who stole shop CCTV caught after Kinross Facebook footage appeal
None of the £3,488 worth of cigarettes Danielle Smith stole during a 2am Kinross raid and later advertised for sale have ever been recovered.
Sheriff slams ‘extremely concerning’ Lockerbie bombing detective’s evidence in Perthshire tractor trial
Highland Fling Bungee boss Murray Trail was fined £1,275 after arriving at his ex's home with a group of men to take back a tractor and a Polaris.
Teenagers from Dundee and Perth jailed for life-endangering firebomb attacks in Wales
Yasin Hussain, 18, and Adam Taylor-Morris, 19, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court and pled guilty to three counts each of arson with intent to endanger life.
Monday court round-up — Cannabis farm in former bar charge
A round-up of court cases from Tayside, Fife and Stirlingshire.
Perthshire youth football team folds for season as off-field crisis deepens
The 2010s side has been hit with dismissals and a police fraud probe.
Run-down Perthshire village hall with flat and office plans goes to auction
Bruce Hall, in Errol, is described as a "fantastic" development opportunity.
Machete man made torture threats to police after car raids in Perthshire
Ross Henderson was just hours out of prison when he raided five parked cars as part of a stealing spree in Scone.
EXCLUSIVE: Police called over Aberfeldy twin town deal with Trump Texas
A businessman has complained to police after Texas chiefs offered to pay for Aberfeldy representatives to travel to Salado to sign the twinning deal.
8 areas that could be key IF Tayside council merger happens
Everything from council tax to school holidays could come under the spotlight in any potential merger of Angus, Dundee and Perth and Kinross councils.