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Perthshire news for 8 August 2008

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Country fans get the car park blues Aug 08 2008

COUNTRY music fan Sheila Rippoll was left singing the car park blues.Read

Scone berry farmer's migrant shame exposed Aug 08 2008

A PERTHSHIRE farmer sits in his turreted mansion overlooking the shanty town he has created for hundreds of fruit pickers living in squalor in the shadow of his palatial property on the outskirts of Perth.Read

Players’ double Inch run Aug 08 2008

BIG hearted youth footballers will be going the extra mile to raise funds for the 24/7 Carers Campaign.Read

Yoga without barriers Aug 08 2008

WITH more and more people now aware of the benefits of pursuing a healthy and less stressful lifestyle, a new Perth-based charity yoga centre is a welcome addition to the leisure facilities now available in the Fair City.Read

Knife man escapes jail Aug 08 2008

A PERTH man armed himself with three large kitchen knives before going out for a night on the town.Read

Communities learn of the warden effect Aug 08 2008

RESIDENTS from Muirton and North Muirton and Rattray, are being invited along to special meetings to learn more about the introduction of the community wardens.Read

Libraries set Olympic bid Aug 08 2008

TO coincide with the Beijing Olympic Games, libraries staff have devised their own version of the decathlon – only featuring books!Read

Charity team take on the Ben Aug 08 2008

ST JOHNSTONE fanatic Brian Doyle, family and friends conquered Ben Nevis to raise money for a cancer care centre which tended to his late wife Evelyn, writes Gordon Bannerman.Read

Jealous attack Aug 08 2008

A PERTH man saw red when he witnessed his partner kissing another man in a local nightclub.Read

Bail has a nightclub ban Aug 08 2008

A PERTH man has been barred from a local nightclub until after his trial on a total of six charges, including assault and threatening to stab two Special Constables.Read

Driven to confess Aug 08 2008

A MOTORIST walked into Perth Police Station and confessed he had been drink/driving.Read

Mugging in Rattray Aug 08 2008

A 63-YEAR-old man was knocked to the ground and robbed on Sunday evening.Read

Foot fetishist on sex register Aug 08 2008

A PERTH man with a shoe fetish has had his name added to the Sex Offenders’ Register after attacking a local teenager and ripping off her footwear.Read

Charity shop cash Aug 08 2008

PERTH Children 1st Action Group is delighted to announce that £9980.13 was raised in June when they ran a charity shop in Perth High Street.Read

Warm and damp July Aug 08 2008

JULY was quite warm and damp, according to statistics collected by Perthshire weather recorder Norman Pedgrift.Read

Man charged with attack on his brother Aug 08 2008

A PERTH man appeared at the Sheriff Court this week on a total of four charges, including one of knocking his hairdresser brother down a flight of stairs and then putting the boot into him.Read

Torrential rain results in flood warnings Aug 08 2008

Of 11 flood watches throughout Scotland, issued by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, two relate to the Upper and Lower Tay and its tributaries, with another covering the Isla and Ericht.Read

Games on the move Aug 08 2008

DESPITE a week of torrential rain, Perth Highland Games is still going ahead on Sunday.Read

Deluge is the last straw for local firm

Deluge is the last straw for local firm Aug 08 2008

THE torrential rain which has lashed Perth over the last two days has left a local businessman counting the cost of long-delayed repairs to a city centre tenement block.Read

Battle lines are drawn ahead of strike action Aug 08 2008

PERTH and Kinross Council have still to be notified officially of a 24-hour strike later this month by workers in pursuit of an improved pay offer, writes Les Stewart.Read

Perth given injection of NHS dentists Aug 08 2008

GOOD news could bring a smile to the faces of an estimated 14,000 local residents struggling to find an NHS dentist.Read

SMNDA shop now open Aug 08 2008

THE Perth and Kinross Branch of the Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association (SMNDA) are renting a shop at 188-190 High Street, Perth, for the month of August, with opening hours 10am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday.Read

Free pedicab rides around North Inch Aug 08 2008

THE “Beautiful Perth” team is encouraging locals and Perth visitors to enjoy a leisurely pedicab trip round the city’s famous North Inch on Monday.Read

Museum is for Romans Aug 08 2008

PERTH Museum and Art Gallery’s programme of family events continues today (Friday) with an afternoon devoted to the Romans starting at 1.30pm.Read

Woman jailed over glass attack on aunt Aug 08 2008

A WOMAN who “glassed” her aunt in a Perth pub during a family argument – scarring her for life – was given six months’ detention at the Sheriff Court on Wednesday.Read

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