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Residents of a Perthshire village have launched a campaign to save their local library.
Last year several Perth and Kinross libraries were temporarily saved from closure.
Amidst mounting fears over the future of Birnam Library, residents have staged a protest and put together a video saying how much the facility means to the community.
Last year councillors committed £173,000 for the 2023/24 revenue budget to keep libraries in Alyth, Auchterarder, Birnam, Comrie, North Inch ( Perth ) and Pitlochry open. It is understood Coupar Angus Library - which has been closed since 2019 due to works at Coupar Angus Town Hall - would also have been permanently closed.
As part of the 2023/24 budget councillors allocated £150,000 for a council-wide review of its leisure and cultural assets. In December 2023 councillors were presented with the findings of an independent report by Audit Glasgow to support the transformation review of the council's three Arms-length External Organisations (ALEOs).
Among the 12 recommendations put to councillors - which included merging Perth's three main leisure facilities onto one site - was to "consolidate key library provision to community campuses and the AK Bell Library, trial the open library model at Scone" and "co-locate other rural library services where possible within the wider council/public estate".
The officers' report said the recommendation was "based on evidence and recommendations from a review of libraries carried out by CPK on behalf of the council which identified changing usage and rising cost pressures".
The recommendations were approved by councillors on December 6, 2023.
On February 28 councillors will set the 2024/25 budget for Perth and Kinross. Ahead of Wednesday's crucial meeting,
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Firefighters have extinguished an inferno at a high-rise flat in Edinburgh which saw 100 residents evacuated from their homes.
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The first photo of Princess Kate since her surgery has been shared, along with a message of thanks for the public's support. Her long disappearance while recovering from surgery had sparked consternation among royal watchers.
Brittany Cartwright would love to give Jax Taylor another shot. However, she feels he is not willing to put in any effort to work through their marriage troubles right now! Oof…
Netflix's latest sports offering gives a behind-the-scenes look at the boxing match dubbed 'Battle of the Baddest.' WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury took on Francis Ngannou at Boulevard Hall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 28 last year.
IDLES frontman Joe Talbot has revealed how a jigsaw puzzle helped them land a support slot with the Foo Fighters.The opportunity came back in 2017 when IDLES had just released their debut LP ‘Brutalism‘. They found out that they were on a shortlist of bands who could potentially open for Dave Grohl and co at their show at the O2 Arena in London.“They had a shortlist of five to ten bands, I think,” Talbot said while appearing as a guest on SPIN’s Lipp Service podcast.He continued: “And apparently… they pick the bands themselves; they had the shortlist.
Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) is left in critical condition after a car accident in EastEnders spoilers, can she be saved? In a special episode that takes place across five weeks, Whitney and Zack Hudson (James Farrar) go to visit Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer) in Milton Keynes.The pair are met with discontent from two local children, Britney (Lola Campbell) and Taylor. Whitney also tells Bianca about her pregnancy, but asks her to keep it secret from Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) who is struggling to conceive. A few weeks later, still in Milton Keynes, Whitney and Britney start to form a kinship and the youngster comes over for dinner at Bianca’s house.
Tameside residents were left baffled on Monday morning (February 26) after bright 'flashing' lights were seen illuminating the sky.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries has set up “Jockular,” a podcast from three queer best friends Katie Kershaw, Tien Tran and E.R. Fightmaster — who, along with their guests, will discuss all things queer, trans and women-forward in the world of sports. “Jockular” will dispense “equal doses of sports commentary, cultural criticism and light-hearted gossip,” per Hyperobject Industries, spanning sports including collegiate basketball, professional soccer and “power slapping” (which, weirdly, is an actual thing).
People have welcomed plans for a new Irish bar in Sale, after being asked to object by one furious local on social media - who was instead told to 'buy some earplugs'.
Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan are bringing movie star quality to the SAG Awards red carpet!
A fire has engulfed two residential buildings in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, injuring at least 13 people and sending fleeing residents onto balconies to be rescued.
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Perthshire’s new police chief this week urged residents to report any suspected wildlife crime activity.
Foo Fighters will be performing an intimate show in Washington DC in aid of Power To The Patients, a non-profit organisation helping to make affordable healthcare more accessible.Chuck D and Fat Joe, the latter of whom has been particularly involved with the non-profit, will also be in attendance, as well as lawmakers, government officials and Power To The Patients staff. The gig will take place on March 5.“When we were asked by Power To The Patients to help raise awareness of the need for transparency in healthcare pricing, we immediately said yes,” the band said in a statement.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Oscar-nominated producer/songwriter Mark Ronson has put together an FYC video — not campaigning for his own Academy Award nomination for the music of “Barbie,” but for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bid for Foreigner, the founding lineup of which happens to have his stepfather, Mick Jones, as a cornerstone. The video, posted on Ronson’s Instagram account, features Dave Grohl, Jack Black, Slash, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith and Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme (along with Ronson himself) asserting Foreigner’s suitability for Rock Hall induction.
EastEnders fans were given a startling blast from the past during Tuesday’s (20 February) visit to Albert Square, as Denise Fox sought out advice from serial killer Lucas Johnson to help try and cope with the guilt of having been complicit to Keanu Taylor’s death. As regular viewers will know, Keanu was fatally stabbed to death on Christmas Day by Linda Carter as she tried to stop him from strangling her friend Sharon Watts, but rather than come clean about the crime, Linda, along with the rest of The Six decided to cover up the murder and even buried the body beneath Kathy’s cafe! But in the wake of the harrowing incident, Denise in particular has been struggling with psychosis and even hallucinations of the dead and buried Keanu - and sought advice from her former pastor Lucas who was serving time in prison for multiple murders himself! Yet while Lucas may have had a deadly streak on screen, actor Don Gilet couldn’t be further from his villainous alter-ego.