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Perthshire news for 19 February 2010

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Pitlochry flats on former sporting centre is approved Feb 19 2010

HUGELY-CONTROVERSIAL plans to turn a former Highland Perthshire sporting complex into a housing development have been approved.Read

Driver collides with parked cars in Crieff Feb 19 2010

A DOZY driver who crashed into parked cars after getting up too early was fined £300 at Perth Sheriff Court.Read

Kinross group raise £10,000 for charity after Mongol Rally Feb 19 2010

GUNG-HO Kinross adventurers raised more than £10,000 for charity by tackling the famous Mongol Rally.Read

Perthshire hosts international film crew Feb 19 2010

BRAZILIAN broadcasters reckon promoting Perthshire’s charms could help boost ratings in their homeland.Read

Kinross scoliosis sufferer is now pain free Feb 19 2010

A FORMER Kinross sheep farmer-turned green crusader has finally put 20 years of back pain behind her.Read

Caledonia singer's Big Knit raises funds for Shelter Scotland Feb 19 2010

PEOPLE from all over the world have knitted squares for a giant blanket auctioned in aid of Shelter Scotland during ‘Caledonia’ singer Dougie Maclean’s Perthshire Amber Festival.Read

Perthshire man completes South American trip Feb 19 2010

HE’S already cycled round the world so a 13,000-mile trip from Alaska to the tip of South America was going to be a breeze.Read

Application for Hanger in Milnathort conditionally approved Feb 19 2010

OBJECTORS’ attempts to clip the wings of a new aircraft hanger in Milnathort have been grounded, writes Denis Brown.Read

Exhibition on options for Perth City Hall Feb 19 2010

SHOPPERS have started flocking to an exhibition in the St John’s Centre outlining various options for Perth City Hall.Read

Swinney opens Blairgowrie school Feb 19 2010

A MULTI-MILLION pound Perthshire community school was officially opened yesterday.Read

Perth musicians perform at Rock the Catwalk for forces charity Feb 19 2010

MUSICIANS drafted in to perform at Rock the Catwalk say it’s a real badge of honour to bedoing their bit for armed forces charity, Help for Heroes.Read

Crieff primary school plan is shelved Feb 19 2010

PLANS for a new primary school in Crieff have been shelved until at least 2015.Read

Sixty new jobs at Scottish and Southern Energy in Perth Feb 19 2010

SIXTY new posts in the energy sector are set to power-up Perth’s jobs market, it emerged yesterday.Read

Plans for Perth nightclub approved Feb 19 2010

A PERTH-BASED entrepreneur’s plans to create a nightclub in the centre of the Fair City have been given the green light.Read

Tesco drunk fined £100 at Perth court Feb 19 2010

A DRINK-ADDLED businessman made lewd comments to a complete stranger in a Perth supermarket – after mistaking her for his partner.Read

Tributes for popular perth man Jim Hitchen Feb 19 2010

PERTHSHIRE’S sporting community yesterday paid tribute to Jim Hitchen, who passed away at the weekend after a brave fight with motor neurone disease.Read

Perth’s PKAVS team to climb Mount Etna Feb 19 2010

VOLUNTEERS from a Perthshire charity plan to create a fund-raising spark by trekking to the top of Europe’s largest active volcano.Read

Official opening of Auchterarder church centre Feb 19 2010

A DECADE of hard work will be celebrated at the official opening of Auchterarder’s near-£1million parish church centre next week.Read

Heroin found after body search Feb 19 2010

A PERTH heroin addict had a bizarre Kinder surprise for police officers conducting an intimate body search.Read

Scone Palace Antiques Fair Feb 19 2010

THE popular Scone Palace Antiques and Fine Art Fair is set to mark an English firm’s 14th year of organising events at the picturesque Perthshire venue.Read