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Perth’s Major Sewer Project Reaches Final Stage The £107 million sewer upgrade project in Perth is now entering its final phase, as confirmed by Scottish Water. The remaining 100-metre section of the Tay Street and Shore Road ‘super sewer,’ which includes 500 metres of essential pipeline along Tay Street, is set to begin construction next…

NHS Forth Valley is calling for greater awareness of deaf patients as they praise a new sign language plan aimed at overcoming barriers faced by British Sign Language (BSL) users in accessing treatment. The initiative comes after a deaf patient, John Barrett, shared his harrowing experience of pulling a cancerous tumour out of his own…

A family feud has erupted over the money raised to find missing photographer Hannah Kobayashi, as reported by the Daily Record. Three weeks ago, Hannah Kobayashi disappeared during a layover at Los Angeles International Airport, where she was supposed to board a connecting flight to New York. Concerning texts sent by her raised alarms among…

A shocking incident left a woman reeling after she checked her home security footage out of concern for her boyfriend’s actions. The 32-year-old woman, who has been with her partner for a year, found her dog, Max, trembling and terrified in their storage room while her boyfriend was in the garden. When confronted, her boyfriend…

School pupils at Inchture Primary School in Perthshire were left devastated after vandals damaged the Christmas tree lights to a point where they were deemed ‘beyond repair’. The incident occurred sometime between Sunday, November 30, and Monday, December 1, following the school’s Christmas light switch-on event that took place on November 28. The school community,…

John Swinney Urges ‘Every Possible Option’ to Protect Grangemouth Oil Refinery Workers In a bid to safeguard the future of workers at the Grangemouth oil refinery, John Swinney has called for exploring “every possible option.” The closure of Scotland’s last remaining oil refinery next year is expected to result in over 400 job losses, prompting…

Goldie the gritter, a beloved winter maintenance vehicle, brought festive joy to Abercromby Primary School in Alloa with her giant Christmas jumper. The UK’s leading manufacturer of winter maintenance vehicles, Econ Engineering, organized Goldie’s visit to the school, where she showcased her festive attire and taught pupils about the importance of gritters in keeping roads…

The UK Health Security Agency has issued a warning regarding the escalating cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and flu as the country faces a ‘quad-demic’. Initially, concerns were raised about the combination of new Covid variants, flu, and RSV overwhelming the healthcare system this winter, but the situation has worsened with widespread outbreaks of…

Arnprior Nursery Praised by Inspectors for “Calm, Warm and Positive” Environment Arnprior Nursery has received high commendations in a recent report by the Care Inspectorate for providing a nurturing environment. The nursery, located in Stirling, achieved a ‘5’ rating (Very Good) across all four key assessments – setting, leadership, play and learning, staff team, and…