Perth and Kinross Council praised in new report for its work with youngsters

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.THE leader of North Lanarkshire Council’s Conservative group has criticised payments of more than £12.2 million made by the authority to departing staff in recent years.Councillor Meghan Gallacher says these figures highlight how council resources have been “stretched to the bone” by Scottish Government cuts to local authorities.The council has made 475 agreements in just the last three years, with the bill totalling

Perth Museum and Art Gallery cannot wait to welcome visitors back to the attraction on Saturday.

Perth cancer fighter Lily Douglas has shared her top tip for getting through shielding with the country.

Highland Perthshire has been showcased in a new video that delves deep into its fascinating local history. Filmed on the ‘Drovers Trail’ by round-the-world singlespeed cyclist and filmmaker Markus Stitz, ‘Drovers’ tells the story of the ancient drove roads, an important part of Scottish history which inspired writers like Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott.

Perth’s Christmas light switch-on and other Winter Festival events will take place this year.Councillors are expected to make a decision on whether to pull the plug on the annual celebration at a meeting next month.And council leader Murray Lyle has admitted it would be “challenging” to run the events as they usually doCall for urgent action on road named one of the most dangerous in Scotland The news follows the decision in Edinburgh to cancel its traditional Hogmanay street party, with

Perth residents can sit in at the two McDonald’s stores in the city. The fast food giant announced on Wednesday that, after a successful pilot, its’s restaurants were now able to have customers in them.This will impact the McDonald’s at Broxden and on Dunkeld Road. Call for urgent action on road named one of the most dangerous in Scotland Residents previously rushed to the stores when the drive thru service opened in June.

Scottish Labour veteran Frank McAveety is to stand down as the party's leader on Glasgow City Council to allow a new generation to take charge. The former Holyrood minister will not stand for the role when the local party stages its forthcoming AGM, it was announced today.

the region’s beauty spots. The group is formed of Perth and Kinross Council, Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, with help from local communities, and could see motorists fined or have their cars removed by police officers if they feel they are causing a dangerous obstruction to emergency services.

Perthshire MSP questions minister over college's recruitment drive amid job cuts plan Steven Sutherland (45), of Gorebridge, Midlothian, is the brother of Suzanne Sutherland, the little girl who helped underline the need for a Scottish hospice service and put it firmly on the national agenda back in 1993.Suzanne, who suffered from a rare terminal condition, captured the nation’s hearts and helped compel the Scottish public into raising £4 million in funding to ultimately build Rachel House.She

Perth and Kinross were on the UK Government’s Job Retention Scheme by the end of June.

lockdown restrictions and starts shopping on the high street again, many parents are stocking up on uniforms for the start of  the new school year. Scottish schools are set to return on August 11, one week earlier than planned for most pupils, providing cases of coronavirus don’t rise.

Blairgowrie Library will become the latest in the region to reopen next week. Culture Perth and Kinross is bringing back its services in phases after being given the green light by the Scottish Government.AK Bell Library is set to open this coming Saturday and it has now been confirmed that Blairgowrie will follow suit this Saturday, July 25.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterSouth Ayrshire Council has been told to apologise to a disabled woman over the way her new recycling regime was introduced and implemented.The local authority was brought to book by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) after they probed the case.And in their findings the SPSO said SAC should apologise to the woman for “failing to appropriately consider making reasonable adjustments” over

quarantining visitors.Beth MacLeod, who runs the Knockderry Country House Hotel in Argyll, said she has received three calls a day from people worried about whether they can come to Scotland.In a message to Nicola Sturgeon, who has not closed the door on a cross-border quarantine, Beth said: “I would like her to make it clear that English visitors are welcome in Scotland.”It comes after Marc Crothall, chief executive of the Scottish Tourism Alliance, said that some customers from south of the

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.North Lanarkshire Council insists its 10 year plan to transform town centres is on the right track despite the coronavirus pandemic.The council’s plan called ‘The Place, The Vision,’ aims to boost the local economy by £1 billion, transform towns and communities and help to create 12,000 jobs with private investment.Council leader Jim Logue said: “Before coronavirus, we had one of the fastest growing economies in Scotland

Scottish independence can only be realistically achieved via a referendum agreed in advance by both Holyrood and Westminster, a new report has claimed.Some Nationalists have argued the consistent refusal by the UK Government to entertain the idea of an IndyRef2 means the the SNP must investigate an alternative pathway to a new Scottish state - a so-called Plan B.While Nicola Sturgeon has consistently ruled out deviating from the Edinburgh Agreement - which paved the way for the 2014 referendum -

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterNorth Ayrshire Council has started the phased re-opening of its public toilets as Covid-19 restrictions are eased nationwide.The facilities were closed in March as lockdown was introduced to combat the spread of Coronavirus.Now, as Scotland enters the latest stage of the route map out of lockdown, the council is starting to re-open the public toilets which are under its ownership.The toilets at

flights from Scotland to Spain after the Scottish Government refused to add the holiday hotspot to the quarantine exemption list. The airline has scrapped flights from both Glasgow and Edinburgh Airport that were due to travel to mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands.

Perth-based sensory impairment charity has welcomed the news that blind and partially sighted people can be guided out in public by someone not in their household. It follows a Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Scotland survey showing that one in four said they did not have someone in the same household who could guide them.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterIrvine’s MSP today thanked North Ayrshire residents for playing their part in suppressing the spread of Covid-19.Ruth Maguire MSP also welcomed the announcement from the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that the Scottish  Government will begin to ease into Phase 3 of its exit from lockdown.The announcement came with additional dates for further relaxations to lockdown restrictions.Ruth Maguire MSP