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First look at Perth Museum’s new flooding exhibition

Local residents' photos and memories of flooding are in the spotlight as the Waters Rising exhibition opens at Perth Museum

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Dozens of drivers hit with £100 fines while watching Perth fireworks display

The council says the cars were parked illegally.

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Perth leisure boss quits role as controversies over swimming pool and Bell’s Sports Centre continue

David MacLehose is the second high profile member to quit the board this year after the vice chairman resigned in January over plans to axe facilities.

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Community engagement event on proposed wind farm taking November 12 & 13

The developer, Muirhall Energy, is keen to show the initial proposed design of the project to the people of Perth & Kinross

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'Out of control' drink and drug fuelled teen who stabbed man to death jailed for life

Caleb Ferguson was ordered to serve at least 16 years for the murder of Cameron Rae at a flat in Perth on April 8 last year.

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Murderer of Perth man Cameron Rae must serve at least 16 years in prison

Caleb Ferguson was jailed for life at the High Court in Edinburgh.

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Best pictures from Perth bonfire night and fireworks display

Crowds flocked to the South Inch for the annual spectacle, but Perth Round Table is warning it might be their last

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Thug admonished for horrific Halloween scissor attack on Perth schoolboy

Reece Duncan will not face further punishment after completing a two-year rehab course but was warned he could still be jailed for his continued offending.

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Perth bonfire and fireworks facing axe as organising crew shrinks to 4 men

Perth Round Table needs to recruit new members urgently if it's going to organise the annual bonfire and fireworks display next year

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Perth clubbers to get ‘safe’ new source for 3am snacks

A Perth city centre shop will be allowed to sell crisps, soft drinks and gum when The Loft empties in the wee small hours

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Private documents spark questions over Thimblerow timeline for new Perth leisure centre

Council bosses discussed Thimblerow option at least one month before telling Historic Environment Scotland that other plans were "advanced".

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Halloween horror thug who stabbed boy with scissors walks free despite catalogue of violence

Reece Duncan, 20, left a 15-year-old boy lying in a pool of blood after stabbing him several times during an orgy of drink-fuelled Halloween violence in October 2020.

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Rory Scott wins slew of trophies in Highland Perthshire ploughing match

But he didn't win the award for best-looking ploughman.

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Unbeaten Perth boxer Luke Bibby makes it seven wins out of seven

The 24-year-old triumphed over Brayan Mairena on points at Alloa Town Hall to complete a perfect 2024

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Bonfire Night events around Fife, Perth and Stirling tonight

Communities and organisations are gearing up for bonfire and fireworks events which will attract thousands of families in Tayside, Fife and Stirlingshire.

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Perth landlord who threatened to burn down tenants’ home sentenced

Shopkeeper Gurcharan Singh was arrested after threatening a couple renting his two-bedroom bungalow in Goodlyburn Place.

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Dance act Cascada to headline Perth’s Christmas lights switch-on event

The Everytime We Touch trio will perform on the main stage on Saturday November 23.

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Drink driver banned for ‘dangerous’ U-turn into oncoming traffic on A9 in Perthshire

Motorists had to intervene to stop mother-of-four Dana Hendry as she headed south in the northbound lane.

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Aberfeldy calendar girls bare all in town that took Ukraine to its heart

Aberfeldy was praised for the welcome it showed refugees fleeing the fighting in Ukraine. Now a group of local women have stripped in solidarity

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Perth anti-racism activists plan protest in city at Reform party conference

Campaigners want to give Nigel Farage’s growing party a “nice big Perth welcome”.