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Tayside Police unveil their complaints record

A TOTAL of 423 complaints were made against Tayside Police during 2008-09 – but only two resulted in criminal convictions, according to the force’s annual report. Read

Chance to honour troops in Perth parade

A MAJOR homecoming march through Perth by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards regiment will be held in Perth on Tuesday, July 7, to mark Armed Forces Day. Read

Perth High pupils ready for disaster

AROUND 300 Perth High School pupils came to the rescue when a hurricane took its toll on Honduras. Read

Russian visit to boost Perth's link with Pskov

FREELANCE translator Emily Justice has been charged with revitalising Perth’s twin town links with the city of Pskov in Russia. Read

Activities for youngsters at St Madgalene's Hill

YOUNGSTERS in Perth and beyond are being invited to get their summer holidays off to an adrenaline-fuelled start on St Magdalene’s Hill tomorrow. Read

Property plan for old smithy

A FORMER blacksmith’s workshop in the Carse of Gowrie could be levelled to make way for a housing development. Read

Perth ex-boxer jailed for brutal attack

A FORMER boxer who carried out a brutal attack on his partner in her Perth flat – and then lashed out violently at a police officer as he tried to arrest him – was jailed for 40 months at the Sheriff Court on Wednesday. Read

A ‘dangerous’ drive on M90

EWAN Bell (41), Incholm Road, Dunfermline, was banned from driving for three years and ordered to re-sit his driving test, for driving dangerously on the M90 when he appeared for sentencing at Perth Sheriff Court. Read

Final prize-giving for Perth Academy staff

PERTH Academy held its annual prizegiving ceremony in Perth Concert Hall. Read

Bike event earned £1m for Perthshire

THIS year’s Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia cycle event generated a total of almost £1m for the local economy, according to an independent economic impact survey. Read

Tory ditches party to go independent

A LONG-SERVING Perth and Kinross Councillor has resigned from the Tory Group and has opted to become an Independent, it emerged yesterday. Read

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Perth and Kinross council rethink corporate colours

A TEAM of bridge painters were left baffled this week when they were told to go back to black. Read

Game fair opens at Scone Palace

PERTHSHIRE’S biggest outdoor event, The Scottish Game Fair, is set to bring some 35,000 people, and countless black Labradors, to Scone Palace Park today, tomorrow and Sunday. Read

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Bid launched to save local YWCA

LOCALS in East Perthshire are banding together to save a much-loved community centre. Read

Perthshire prisoner’s throat slit with a razor

VIOLENCE erupted when an inmate delivered “a pre-emptive strike” on another remand prisoner at Perth’s Edinburgh Road jail. Read

Perthshire fraudster claimed dead dad’s benefit

FOR a year after his elderly father’s death, a Perthshire man continued to claim thousands of pounds worth of benefits from the council on his behalf. Read

Tayside crime at a ten-year low

OVERALL recorded crime in Tayside during 2008/09 was down to its lowest level for at least a decade. Read

Blairgowrie cadet wins Young Citizen award

ACHIEVER: Connor Boag with (left) Provost John Hulbert, and Duncan Forbes, vice-chairman of the Perth RASC and RCT Association. Read

New plan for Murray Royal hospital is unveiled

TAYCARE has been appointed as the preferred bidder for two major mental health developments in Tayside – one of them in Perth. Read

Dad with heart complaint gets benefits back

A PERTH dad with a serious heart complaint yesterday praised the PA for helping him reclaim vital sickness benefits cut in error. Read

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