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Perth and Kinross councillors will this week be asked to make a commitment to tackle racism when they meet on Wednesday, November 7.

Councillors have given the nod to potentially demolish a former Perth care home and develop the site into 40 affordable homes for older people.

Motorists in Perth have been driven to despair over diversion signs directing traffic in opposite directions.

Local calls have returned urging the decriminalisation of personal drug use after the number of drug-related deaths in Perth and Kinross increased – despite a nationwide decrease.

Perth’s branch of the Scottish clothing chain Wilkies is believed to be one of just a few that will remain open after the business faltered.

Perth and Kinross Council has agreed to write off outstanding school meal and breakfast club debts for 2022/23.

Today is a milestone moment for young learners in North Muirton, Perth as a new £16.5 million primary school opens.

A Perth mum is spending Christmas in a moonboot after breaking her ankle after she fell on a frozen city centre pavement last Saturday.

Roadside garden space along a main entry route into Perth will continue to be an eyesore until the council gets a private landlord to clear up a pile of waste.

The days of Perth ’s multi-floored commercial buildings are past and using upper floors for flats is the way forward, reckons councillor Peter Barrett.

Fly-tipping has reached farcical levels on the banks of the River Tay – one year on from a previous call for action.

PKC's longest-serving councillor will step down after almost 42 years of service.

Perth city centre traders could be heartened to see a new tenant for the closed Beales/McEwens department store building.

Perth and Kinross youngsters have this week been enjoying free bus travel.

Motorists are being warned to expect "significant delays" when essential roadworks in Perth get under way.

Councillors have narrowly approved a move to apply for the “restoration” of the title of Lord Provost.

Perth that is not on screen, but actually happening in the open air. Tickets have gone on sale for ‘Live and Unlocked Perth Summer Festival’, taking place over six days later this month.Put on by Horsecross Arts, the outdoor, family-friendly event beginning on July 28 promises to be a feast of music, theatre and kids’ shows.The action will happen right in the heart of the city, focusing on the spacious Horsecross Plaza.

Perth post office branch has been given support by local politicians after being refused permission to issue car tax renewals. Perth City Centre Lib Dem councillor Peter Barrett told the PA the Post Office Ltd had declined to provide the facility at Bridgend Post Office on the grounds that there was adequate coverage in place elsewhere.

Perth Theatre is set to welcome customers once more in September. The news was revealed during an update from the Horsecross chief executive Nick Williams to the Perth and Kinross Council's scrutiny committee on Wednesday, May 12 The reasoning behind the decision was questioned by Perth City Centre councillor Andrew Parrot.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A SNP councillor has accused a Scottish Conservative MSP of making “misleading” remarks in relation to figures showing fewer beds have been made available to patients at Perth Royal Infirmary over the last few years.Perth City Centre councillor Eric Drysdale said he was “utterly appalled” when he read Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser’s take on figures showing 1700 fewer beds were made available to

Perth High Street. It means all jobs at the shop will go.Perth City Centre councillor Peter Barrett said: "“The Boohoo deal is the death knell for Debenham’s in-store staff and for the future of the High Street Store chain.

Perthshire was hit with wintry weather on Wednesday night and Thursday, with some schools forced to close their doors to vulnerable children and key workers' kids. Perth City Centre councillor Eric Drysdale sits on the NHS Tayside board and chairs the Perth and Kinross integration joint board.

Perth early this morning, Wednesday January 6.A Perth and Kinross Council refuse collection vehicle was ablaze, outside St John’s Kirk, at 8.17am.Anger at 'lethal' icy pavementsEye witnesses saw smoke and flames pouring from the hatch at the back of the rubbish truck.Two fire engines came to the stricken bin lorry which was stopped between the main door to St John’s Kirk and scaffolding surrounding Perth City Hall.Perth poet Jim has new title and shieldWater hoses were used to put out the

Plea for Perth and Kinross residents to have a reduced 'bubble' over ChristmasThe report of handling said the site had attracted “little interest” as an employment site. Councillors were recommended to depart from the local development plan and approve the site as a residential site with the development of 49 homes by Bellway.Perth City Centre SNP councillor Eric Drysdale raised concerns about the “significant flooding” in Perth city centre on August 11/12 downstream of this development site.

Perth councillor - who sits on the NHS Tayside board - is urging people to be patient when it comes to the COVID vaccine. Perth City Centre councillor Eric Drysdale made the remarks as he opened Wednesday’s IJB meeting.

Anger as staff at medical practice forced to isolate after birthday bashSNP Perth City Centre councillor Andrew Parrott told the PA: “I very much hope that a way forward can be found for this site before too long and I am reassured that council officers are doing everything they can to secure a sensible and positive way forward.“I will continue to try to make sure that this site remains very much on the agenda until a solution is found as I really do not want a very long term St Paul’s

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.As virtual meetings look set to continue, one Perth and Kinross councillor has told the PA he is “heartily sick” of them.Perth City Centre councillor Andrew Parrott thinks online meetings create a “sterile artificial environment” and are “a barely adequate substitute for real meetings.”As First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week encouraged those who can to continue working from home, virtual meetings look

A raft of measures have been approved by councillors which they believe will improve parking in the Fair City.