The Latest Breaking News from Perth

Perth city centre councillors commend emergency services' swift response to New County Hotel blaze

Nine fire engines raced to the scene with 60 firefighters then evacuating guests, along with two people in neighbouring flats

Daily Record · Jan 6, 2023

Scots who died in fatal Perth fire named by police

Three people and a dog died in the fire at Perth’s New County Hotel in the early hours of Monday.

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2023

Two sisters and dad who died in Perth hotel fire named by police

THE three victims of a horror hotel fire in Perth have been named by police as two sisters and a father.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 6, 2023

Call for “every inquiry” available into cause of fatal New County Hotel fire as serious concerns by guests come to light

Three people and a dog died after a fire broke out in the second floor of the County Place building in Perth city centre

Daily Record · Jan 6, 2023

Perth hotel hit with council warnings fortnight before three died in fire as guests 'didn't feel safe'

Environmental health inspectors served the notices on the New County Hotel exactly two weeks before the building caught fire.

Daily Record · Jan 6, 2023

Road ban man busted driving wife's car in Perth

Perth Sheriff Court heard construction worker Jonathon Alexander Boyes was previously disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence on November 13, 2109 for a period of three years

Daily Record · Jan 6, 2023

Supermarket chain pulled Perth plan after council questioned need for more stores in the city

Lidl decided to withdraw its application to form a foodstore on empty farmland next to McDiarmid Park on Crieff Road late last year

Daily Record · Jan 5, 2023

Fair City Unity call out St Johnstone and Rangers in statement over ticket pricing

St Johnstone fan group the Fair City Unity have called out the Perth club and Rangers over ticket pricing.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 5, 2023

Perth hotel where three died in fire 'ordered to improve safety' weeks before blaze

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is understood to have audited the New County Hotel on December 12, before a fire killed three people and a dog on January 2.

Daily Record · Jan 5, 2023

Mechelle Turvey, mother of late Indigenous teen Cassius Turvey, to work with Western Australia's police

The grieving mother of an Indigenous Perth teenager — who died after allegedly being bashed while walking home from school — accepts a volunteer role with Western Australia's police.

ABC News · Jan 5, 2023