Custody provision set to be increased in Perth

Scotland looks set to be the next part of the UK to ban wet wipes containing plastic. The Scottish Government has vowed to work with colleagues in Westminster, where they are to be outlawed for England.

More than 81,000 people in receipt of Carer’s Allowance received an extra payment for £245.70 in December 2022 as part of a unique benefit only available in Scotland. Carer’s Allowance Supplement is a devolved payment delivered twice each year to eligible claimants.

Scotland's biggest electronic music festival, Terminal V, is back with another vast indoor and outdoor festival across Easter weekend.

Basic and New State Pension payments will increase next week by 10.1 per cent for some 12.6 million older people across the country, including around one million living in Scotland.

UHI Perth’s principal has joined calls urging the Scottish Government to intervene and save 80 college mental health counselling jobs at risk of potential redundancy.

Lewis Capaldi has expressed how proud being Scottish makes him in his new Netflix Original documentary 'How I'm Feeling Now'.

Millions of families across the country have cut household spending and reduced outgoings in an effort to offset the ongoing cost of living crisis which shows no sign of easing up despite extended financial support from the UK Government for 2023/24. The £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme is set to finish at the end of this month and even though the £2,500 Energy Price Guarantee has been extended until July, bills will rise by at least £67 per month from April.

A lawyer for Donald Trump has said he has been told that the former president has been indicted in New York on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter.

Succession star Kieran Culkin has shared his unusual method to help Brian Cox calm down on set when he got grumpy.

Falkirk Council will call for a national ban on disposable vapes, if a motion going to council is successful.

Motorists and bus passengers are facing six weeks of delays and diversions on one of Perth’s major roads due to sewage repairs.

A search has been launched for a missing man who vanished after travelling to Perth. Michael Sheldon left a property on Thornwood Drive in Glasgow at around 6.50am on Tuesday March 21.

Amazon are the latest company to announce a base pay increase for thousands of workers across the country.

An incredible scrap metal sculpture commemorating the dead of the Great War is coming on loan to The Black Watch Castle and Museum this summer, sparking hopes it will make Perth even more of a visitor destination.

A Place in the Sun star Jean Johansson attended an anti-discrimination march which was held in Glasgow today encouraging others to stand up to racism.

The mothers of heroic Scots soldiers who were killed in Iraq have vowed they will never forgive former PM Tony Blair on the 20th anniversary of the Gulf War.

One of Perth’s most famous faces is set to return to the city for one night only as part of a special fundraising event.

A Perth Black Watch soldier with a life-limiting condition is preparing to trek 54 miles to raise funds for other soldiers, veterans and their families.

Kate Forbes has pledged the Scottish Government cabinet will undergo a “refresh” if she is elected First Minister - as her campaign trail came to Perthshire this week.

The wait is almost over for families as a popular local adventure play experience is set to re-open after an extensive redevelopment of its indoor spaces.