Chance to have your say on Perth and Kinross Council spending priorities next year

Highers have been cancelled next year following an announcement by the Scottish Government.John Swinney informed MSPs that a new model will be adopted for pupils based on teacher judgement.National 5 exams due to take place next year have already been cancelled, and Swinney has been under pressure to make the same decision on Higher and Advanced Highers.He previously said the impact of coronavirus-related disruption on school pupils in deprived areas weighed "heavily” on whether Higher exams

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterHigher exams will be cancelled in Scotland next year, the Government has announced.Education Secretary John Swinney today told MSPs that "teacher judgement" will be used as part of a new model to form grades.National 5 exams due to take place next year have already been cancelled.Mr Swinney said in his statement there will be no Higher or Advanced Higher exams next year.Scottish Greens MSP Ross

Perth and Kinross police intercepted 43 people gathered together inside a house during the autumn, it has emerged. The discovery was made as part of a Freedom of Information request by the Perthshire Advertiser to Police Scotland.

child for sex at an English Cathedral. Anthony Dean, 63, from Hawick in the Borders, had arranged to meet what he thought was a 13-year-old girl at Guildford Cathedral- more than 370 miles from his home address.

Rutherglen constituents who think that the restrictions have not been relaxed enough, and others who feel strongly that they shouldn’t be eased at all, perhaps mindful of the risk to elderly relatives. The Scottish Government recognises that, for some, contact with friends and family is crucial during this time as isolation and loneliness can hit people especially hard over the Christmas period.

Perth and Edinburgh. A local MSP and councillor would like to see a new rail station built at Kinross in order to cut time on the Perth to Edinburgh route “by up to 35 minutes” which may better serve local communities.

Perth and Kinross residents over £1 million more than in other council areas, a report has revealed. The figures from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe), also highlights parcel delivery surcharges have cost the region’s residents over £2.4m.

Perth and Kinross.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Almost half of consumers are planning to cut back on Christmas spending this year, according to a poll.A survey by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has revealed that 45 per cent of people in Scotland are planning to splash out less this festive season than they did last year.But the research by YouGov also revealed that 16 per cent will take on debt to buy gifts, despite the coronavirus crisis squeezing

indyref2 should take place in 2021 if it is “safe” and claimed Boris Johnson would not block another vote.However, in an interview with the Daily Record, he declined to be drawn on the broken relationship between Sturgeon and Alex Salmond.He also refused to say whether he would campaign alongside the former SNP leader if there was a referendum.The SNP’s virtual conference starts today amid calls by senior party figures for another vote on Scotland’s constitutional future.Indyref2 will be central

Perthshire town fell through. PKC had pledged £383,000 from its £2 million Town Centre Fund to develop an improved civic space for events and markets at Pitlochry’s Memorial Garden.

teacher smacked one of his pupils on the bottom with a ruler as he carried out repeated sex attacks on her over a two year period. James Skelton Smith, 58, admitted sexually assaulting the girl, who was aged between 14 and 17, on several occasions.

jailed for five years after a horrendous nine-year campaign of abuse against former partners. Gavin Cooper was sent down at the High Court in Edinburgh for the series of offences against three of his exes between 2010 and 2019.

The Great British Bake Off. Producers are urging people north of the border to get involved in the next series after the show's youngest ever contestants proved to be one of its biggest hits.

Perth and Kinross who lost their life during the COVID-19 pandemic has launched.

Perth and Kinross rose by almost 27 per cent last week.

Dennis Canavan, who was chair of the 2014 pro-independence campaign, said an IndyRef2 could be held in the months after the Holyrood election next May.The former Labour MP pointed to the example of 1997 when Tony Blair's new government held a vote on whether to proceed with Scottish devolution in September after being elected just five months previously.The issue of when to call an IndyRef2 has become a major talking point as opinion polls have consistently shown the SNP is on course to win a