Widespread fly-tipping issues in Perth and Kinross are set to be eased as household waste recycling centres are expected to reopen in the region next month.
30.04.2020 - 19:41 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Lanarkshire’s Scottish SPCA animal rescue centre is appealing for donations of hay after seeing an influx of rabbits to its care.
Staff are currently caring for 49 rabbits – as several of the new arrivals were pregnant, with their babies subsequently adding to the demand for food – as well as nine guinea pigs.
Centre manager Gillian Boyle said: “We’re going through our hay supplies much faster than usual; it can be a struggle to keep up with so many hungry mouths to feed.
“We have so many small
Widespread fly-tipping issues in Perth and Kinross are set to be eased as household waste recycling centres are expected to reopen in the region next month.
Recycling centres in Wishaw and Shotts will open from the start of next month.
Renfrewshire Council is working towards re-opening its household waste and recycling centres from Monday, June 1.
Scottish councils have agreed on a date to reopen recycling centres across the country, according to COSLA.
Scotland's councils are ready to reopen recycling centres to the public next month if Holyrood ministers give the green light.
Government officials are refusing to say how many people are being swabbed at Prestwick Airport.
Key workers in Perth and Kinross will be better prepared in tackling the coronavirus pandemic after a donation of 20,000 face masks from the Chinese government.
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Ayrshire’s Scottish SPCA centre is in urgent need of kitten food after one of its rescued cats gave birth on Saturday. The charity is now appealing for kind-hearted animal lovers in North Ayrshire to make a donation to their Ayrshire and South West Scotland Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre.