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Tug o’ war side hailed as local heroes following games double

MEMBERS of the Strathardle tug o’ war team were hailed as local heroes after securing a historic sporting double for the first time.Read

Coupar Angus man found guilty of murdering teenager

RELATIVES of slain East Perthshire teenager Robbie Thomson have been left to await his killer’s fate following a harrowing High Court trial.Read

Heritage project launched in Coupar Angus

RESIDENTS in Coupar Angus are being invited to turn their hands to age-old stone masonry skills.Read

Art festival to take place in Rattray

RATTRAY Art Festival will take place in Rattray Hall, Balmoral Road, Rattray, on Saturday and Sunday (August 28 and 29) from 10am to 6pm.Read

Cemetery plans to be aired at PKC

A PROJECT designed to increase the capacity of an east Perthshire burial ground will go before councillors today (Wednesday).Read

Blairgowrie Barnardo's to wear wedding dresses to work for charity

STAFF and volunteers at Blairgowrie’s Barnardo’s Scotland shop will relive their big day tomorrow (Friday) by sporting their wedding dresses to work to raise money for the charity.Read

Blairgowrie man helps create display to celebrate guiding centenery

HORTICULTURALISTS from Dundee College are aiming to ‘Be Prepared’ for this year’s Dundee Flower and Food Festival by creating a display which celebrates 100 years of the Girl Guide Movement.Read

Committee get ready for Blairgowrie and Rattray games

WITH Blairgowrie and Rattray Games fast approaching the committee have again been hard at work making preparationsRead

Rattray duo set for Berlin charity run

SHIRE couple Bruce and Lesley Crichton are aiming to raise at least £1400 for the Prostate Cancer Charity by running the Berlin Marathon next month.Read

Perthshire man strikes partner with frying pan

A PERTHSHIRE man, fired up with drink after a barbecue, struck his long-term partner on the face with a frying pan when they got home.Read

Strathmore and the Glens to hold community market

STRATHMORE and the Glens will hold their community market in the Wellmeadow on Saturday (August 28) and this month will celebrate Slow Food as part of the Love to Eat 2010 Campaign. Read

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Violence at Perthshire festival

CELEBRATIONS at a Perthshire festival ended on a sour note for a local woman when she was arrested after unleashing a tirade of foul- mouthed abuse at police.Read

2010 Heather Festival programme is launched

THE 2010 Heather Festival programme of events co-ordinated by the Glenshee Tourist Association was laucnhed at the weekend.Read

Family affair at Blairgowrie vintage bike show

THREE members of the Huddleston family featured in the 36th Scottish National Assembly of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club Ltd at Blairgowrie on Saturday. Read

Blairgowrie man offers 14-year-old booze for sex

A MIDDLE-AGED Blairgowrie man who asked a 14-year-old girl for sex in exchange for booze had his name added to the Sex Offenders’ Register at Perth Sheriff Court yesterday.Read