Jim Fairlie holds Perthshire and Kinross-shire South seat for the SNP

“People have to have good health, a sound education, rewarding employment and a healthy environment.”He now moves to the non-affiliated benches in the House of Lords during his time as moderator.

How far she’s come! Nearly 20 years, a wedding, three kids and a total style transformation later, and Duchess Kate returned to St. Andrews University, where she first met Prince William. 

Perthshire were sorry to learn the youngest of the three chicks that recently hatched at Dunkeld has died. Nature has taken its course with the third chick which appeared on Saturday succumbing after not being strong enough to survive competition from its older siblings.

Dunkeld, and her sister Morven Sayer spent days planning their show of support for St Johnstone FC in the Scottish Cup final. Lindsey ordered a blow-up replica of the cup off Amazon, blue and white balloons and even had a special banner printed up for the big day.

Perthshire beef and sheep farmers are alarmed at talk of a tariff-free trade agreement with Australia, and possibly New Zealand, which they say could hit high-quality UK producers.

fans with his latest breakfast recipe of toast complete with 'bacon jam' that also contains coffee. The Scots TV chef who often joins other chefs to praise or criticises their food on Tik Tok, released his new recipe to mixed views.

Scottish Labour leader, who has tested negative for the virus, will continue with his parliamentary work remotely as he is now unable to travel to Holyrood. The Scottish Parliament resumed for its new session last week following the election earlier this month.

Perth Sheriff Court that Police Scotland obtained a search warrant for his home after receiving ‘confidential information’ that indecent images of children might be held on devices there.

Perthshire’s links with Russia. On Saturday, May 8, the Errol Memorial Stone was the scene of Russian-Scottish WWII remembrance gestures to mark the handsome boulder’s first VE Day in situ at Errol Parish Churchyard.

Perthshire results a “disaster” for the Conservatives and attacked candidates Murdo Fraser and Liz Smith. Both Conservative politicians were later elected to the Scottish Parliament in the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list ballot.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Drivers face travel disruption this week as surfacing improvements start on a section of the A9.BEAR Scotland says the work will address defects in the road surface on the southbound section of the A9 between Broxden Roundabout and Tibbermore Junction.The project is scheduled to start on Thursday, May 13 with the installation of contraflow traffic management.The surfacing work will take place over a

64 MSPs, one up on the number the party achieved in 2106.

Neil Findlay said Sarwar’s campaign was simply a “rehash” of the 2016 election and urged Labour to recognise the right of the Scottish people to self-determination.Sarwar has been credited for the Holyrood election campaign he fought after taking over the leadership of Scottish Labour ten weeks ago.He rejected calls for indyref2 and made national recovery from covid his party’s top priority.However, although Labour held on to key constituencies yesterday, they could come third again for the

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Labour’s Jackie Baillie has retained the Dumbarton seat, INCREASING her share of the vote.The deputy leader of Scottish Labour, who has held the seat since the Scottish Parliament’s inception in 1999, defeated the SNP’s Toni Giugliano this evening.Baillie recorded 17,825 votes to the SNP’s 16,342.In her speech, Jackie said: "Can I thank the people of Dumbarton constituency."We had great conversations

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SNP would fall agonisingly short of an overall majority. Expert Sir John Curtice said a polling average put Nicola Sturgeon ’s party on 64 seats – one shy of outright victory.

state hospital, home to some of the country’s most violent criminals, has hundreds of new inmates.However, the newest residents are free to come and go as they please as they can fly over the security fence.Scotland’s coastline is home to Eurasian Oystercatchers but just now many of them head inland to seek out safe and peaceful sanctuaries to make their nests.And while Carstairs may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of safety, peace and tranquility, the oyster catchers

Perthshire settlements to get life-saving machines for public use. Logiealmond and Glenalmond in Perthshire has become the latest rural community to install a network of life-saving defibrillators with help from the charity, St John Scotland.

Perthshire landscapes have featured strongly among the winning entries to an annual photography competition. Kinclaven woods near Murthly, the Birnam Oak and Kenmore are just some of the picturesque places seen at their very best in the 2021 Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year Competition.