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Teens raise cash for trip to Malawi

EAST Perthshire teenagers are turning to generous locals to help them fund a summer African adventure.Read

Stepping Stones production in Blairgowrie

THE Stepping Stones Theatre Company, a drama group that consists of adults with learning disabilities, will this week perform their latest production in Blairgowrie Town Hall on Friday, March 12 at 7pm.Read

Cricketers mourn loss of umpire Dennis Chambers

CRICKET correspondent Gordon Croll has expressed his sorrow at the recent death of a former club umpire, Dennis Chambers, who was a bookmaker in Coupar Angus for many years.Read

Blairgowrie man's amazing life immortalised

FOR years Freddy Patterson was working on his extraordinary life story, reflecting on everything from his days as a kid guddling trout in the “Ratty Burn” to brutal jungle warfare with the Chindits in Burma and later enduring minus 50 degree temperatures in the Canadian wilderness.Read

Blairgowrie man (74) guilty of slapping teen's bottom

A 19-YEAR-OLD woman was reduced to tears as she told Perth Sheriff Court how an east Perthshire pensioner “slapped her on the bottom”.Read

Coupar Angus Primary gets top environment award

EXCITED youngsters from Coupar Angus Primary School were celebrating after scooping a top environmental award.Read

Drumderg windfarm logo competition

THE people of Perthshire have been asked to get creative to drum up support for a community project that could revitalise part of the region.Read

Man racially abused Asian woman

A DRUNKEN Polish farm worker racially abused a woman in a Blairgowrie newsagent’s shop.Read

Perthshire Drama Festival attracts top entries

PLAYS featuring love, murder, suicide, and comedy, provided audiences at last week's Perthshire Drama Festival at Birnam Institute with a wide and varied entertainment over the three evenings.Read

Blairgowrie High School prepares for gala dinner

BLAIRGOWRIE High School hospitality students are preparing for this year’s gala dinner to be held on Thursday, March 18.Read

Big freeze road damage poses a danger to bikers

A RISE in motorcycle use on East Perthshire roads damaged by the ‘big freeze’ could be an accident waiting to happen, traffic cops warned.Read

Fitness classes start in Blairgowrie

NEW fitness classes start in Blairgowrie from March 1, with the first week's offered free.Read

Youngsters get a hands-on Fairtrade lesson at local farm

YOUNG visitors to a Blairgowrie farm will get special hands-on lessons in Fairtrade, as part of events to mark Fairtrade Fortnight.Read

What John Swinney thinks

BULLYING is the issue of the week at Westminster with the Prime Minister being put in the frame on how he treats his staff, writes MP Pete Wishart.Read

Big day for Blairgowrie’s new community campus

A MULTI-MILLION pound Perthshire community school was officially opened last Thursday.Read

Cabinet secretary eats new bacon

CABINET Secretary for Rural Affairs, Richard Lochhead, joined more than 300 Scottish farmers – including many from East Perthshire – to sample a new healthier bacon unveiled at the Fairmont Hotel in St Andrews.Read